In today's Guardian you can read how 'Life in the Fast Lane' columnist Tyler Brule's hundred million dollar publishing empire, Monocle, keeps costs down. It's not that complicated, actually. It does it by exploiting those desperate to break into the world of publishing. It pays them only £3.53 an hour. No wonder it's making "more money than ever before."

Monocle has three shifts a day. Those shifts are integral to its business. Workers contribute to content, conduct research, assist in the running of the office and radio show, act as receptionist, clean the radio studios, book guests, sort and distribute mail, book taxis, fact check and write for the magazine. But Monocle calls these workers interns and denies them even minimum wage.

The story is by one of those interns, Amalia Illgner. It features heated toilet seats with a 'spa' function, interns who must look "put together and professional" because "important people are often touring our offices," and flights to Milan to hand-deliver urgent books and magazines to Tyler.

For bad employers, all publicity is bad publicity. But Monocle's bad day won't end there. The Good Law Project is helping Amalia sue Monocle for minimum wage. We have organised a crack team - Bruce Carr QC and  Georgia Hicks instructed by leading global law firm, Dentons. And you can read her claim against Monocle here.

The Good Law Project and Amalia are incredibly grateful to Bruce, Georgia and Dentons. They have agreed to act without charge - which means the Good Law Project does not need money to fund this case. Amalia, regardless, will see justice be done.

But putting together cases to protect underpaid workers takes time. And the Good Law Project has a tiny income - less than £20,000 a year. It has no staff at all. And there is so much to be done. In the coming weeks we will also launch a judicial review to establish rights for outsourced workers. And we have already taken legal advice from a QC on how we might litigate to prevent a new kind of exploitation that treats school leavers as indentured labourers.

To do this work - and the so much more we need to do - we need your help. We need funds to engage a researcher to help us chase down details of cases. We need a solicitor so that we can put together cases and instruct barristers ourselves. And we need to help the media shine a light on the bad practices we encounter.

We just can't do what needs to be done with the resources we have. Our initial target is £15,000. With this, and our existing income, we will be able to afford a full-time researcher. This will enable us to identify more cases. But to bring those cases we will need to employ a part time solicitor (at £35,000 pa) and to ensure they get the attention they deserve we will need a part time press officer (at £18,000 pa). 

All funds raised will be used to support the work done in the employment field by the Good Law Project. None of the monies raised will be used to pay our founder, who continues to work unpaid.