The Ethical Trading Initiative commissioned the Center for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures of the University of Leicester to research and write a report on the growing UK garment & textile industry.  The report focuses on Leicester and found that the majority of workers earned around £3 per hour (compared to a National Minimum Wage of £6.50).  It also highlighted that workers (mostly from migrant communities) were being subjected to verbal abuse, bullying, threats and humiliation as well as inadequate health and safety standards.