Trade union | Boohoo stops union talking to staff about representation

Online fashion retailer Boohoo has refused to allow trade union officials to discuss recognition for employees, months after its founder told MPs she was open to union representation - The Guardian reports.

Despite posting record profits of £59.9million last month, Boohoo’s 2,500 workers at its Burnley packaging and distribution centre and the thousands of other employees based in Leicester who produce many of the clothes, are not represented by trade unions, reports The Guardian.

Earlier this year MPs on the environmental audit committee released a report criticising fast fashion companies for their failure to act sustainably or to protect workers from illegal levels of pay and poor conditions.

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Boohoo’s Founder Carol Kane previously told MPs that she would allow union recognition within the distribution offices located in Burnley if workers wanted it.