Tuesday, 12 June 2007

CONSUMER PARADISE IS WORKERS' HELL

see the case of the bananas industry

NOT EVEN EARNING THE MINIMUM WAGE

in the hotel industry
"Today, most immigrant workers in industrialised countries are employed in the three 'D' jobs - those that are dirty, dangerous or degrading. They are not, in the main, competing with local labour". Says the INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE, GARMENT AND LEATHER WORKERS’ FEDERATION

TIME TO STOP AGENCY WORKER ABUSE

says the TUC

MIGRANTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

need to march to get their rights

LABOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY

Information in Portuguese in the UK

COURT SECURES PAYMENT OF HOLIDAY PAY, SICK PAY AND PENSIONS RIGHTS

in the UK

WORKING IMMIGRANTS

in the US
Read also about the voice of immigrants in the US

THE MAGAZINE FOR LABOUR MATTERS

Read the Magazine on migrants and migration

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Find the ITUC here

TRADE UNION COOPERATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Read about Nicaragua and Costa Rica here

TUC CALL EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION FOR WORKERS

Read the press release here

Wednesday, 6 June 2007

IMMIGRATION

Watch the debate

Friday, 1 June 2007

11 WORKERS IN ONE ROOM


Eleven migrant workers forced to live in this room. Report Experiences to the TUC

Profites from Slavery in the past. Watch the BBC video

Watch the BBC Video Legal situation? watch the video
Read the BBC

OUT OF DATE FOOD IN UK SUPERMARKETS

reported by the BBC

CHIEF EXECUTIVES DO NOT KNOW ABOUT EXPLOITATION OF MIGRANT WORKERS?

The BBC

COMMERCIAL SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN LABOUR SOLUTIONS?

What does the Times online say?

NO TO DISPOSABLE WORKERS


UNEQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN

Question to the European Commission


Migrant Women. Watch the UN video and read the Report
Read the BBC for Women's invisible face of migration

SITUATION OF PORTUGUESE WORKERS IN ENGLAND

Question to the European Commission

SLAVE WORK IN EUROPE

Question to the European Commission

Situation in England
Child slaves in England

DISCRIMINATION OF WORKERS IN OIL PLATFORMS

Question to the European Commission

SLAVE WORK IN SPAIN?

Question to the European Commission

SITUATION OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Question to the European Commisssion

STATUS OF THOSE TRAINING AND WORKING IN RESEARCH

Question to the European Commission

EUROPE AND MOBILITY

Pensions
2006 Conference on Mobility in the E.U.
Obstacles to workers's mobility

The face of Migration

Friday, 11 May 2007

DEFRA APPLIES FOR E.U. FUNDING

Defra confirmed this week that it had made a claim to the EU veterinary fund for the compensation paid to the company and the operating costs of tackling the outbreak.

Thursday, 3 May 2007

PORTUGUESE EMIGRATION

Emigration of Portuguese: "not only did the Estado Novo (New State) control the migratory flows that were occurring, but that it used emigration to its own advantage" claims research from the University of Coimbra

MORE JOB CUTS AT BERNARD MATTHEWS

Up to 60 workers at Bernard Matthews are facing being laid off in the wake of the recent bird flu outbreak. Reports the BBC
and the local newspaper and the Norwich news