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Thursday, 5 April 2007
BENEFITS FOR THE UK ECONOMY
"Migrant workers contribute about £360m a year in tax revenue in the East of England alone". DEFRA
WORKING CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND
"Alex took me to see Mario, who’s 59. He came to Britain with his partner, Yokina, five years ago and has worked for a number of agencies since. Showing me a typical payslip Mario said he
was baffled by a £20 deduction under the heading “advance” and another unexplained debit of £44.75. They helped cut his pay from £400 to little more than £160. But Mario’s problems really began when both he and Yokina fell ill and couldn’t work, so they couldn’t pay their
rent and their agency wasn’t pleased.
He contacted the agency and we explained what was going on, and they said, “well if you’re both sick you have to leave, there’s no more work for you and you have to leave your
accommodation tomorrow.” A few days later three men came, a van driver which we know from the agency because he used to drive us to work and two more men that we’ve never seen them before, they were very big and very threatening and they told me you have to leave this
house immediately.
BBC
WORKING CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND
"It’s difficult work. You have to keep up with machinery, although you’re just human, because there’s a certain target the factory wants to achieve and they don’t care if you’re tired, or if you’ve been working too much. They just want to achieve that target in production. You go home, you’re tired, there’s a lot of people in the house, you don’t have a lot of comfort. So you sleep, you get out of bed at 4 o’clock in the morning you go back to work
In return Alex was paid around £4.70 an hour, only just above the minimum wage, but that was before a host of deductions made by his agency. They sometimes left him with as little as £30 a week in his pocket. Deductions like the cost of transport to and from work, despite Alex says being told in Portugal this was already paid for. The agency also took £50 a week for accommodation, a small room which Alex had to share with two others. But when he found somewhere better to live, Alex says his agency refused to give him any more work". BBC
In return Alex was paid around £4.70 an hour, only just above the minimum wage, but that was before a host of deductions made by his agency. They sometimes left him with as little as £30 a week in his pocket. Deductions like the cost of transport to and from work, despite Alex says being told in Portugal this was already paid for. The agency also took £50 a week for accommodation, a small room which Alex had to share with two others. But when he found somewhere better to live, Alex says his agency refused to give him any more work". BBC
Sebastião Salgado
BERNARD MATTHEWS BUSINESS STRATEGY
"Bernard Matthews plans to overhaul its product and packaging range, adjusting its product portfolio to align itself with the health mega-trend, currently the most important consumer trend. The company hopes the overhaul of its products, to include less salt, and fat and more premium deli style offerings, will counteract the adverse effects of the recent negative publicity surrounding the company." Food Business Review Online
INVESTIGATION INTO BERNARD MATTHEWS
The Food Standards Agency found no evidence. DEFRA will report in the next few weeks. In the Guardian
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