Tuesday, 12 June 2007
CONSUMER PARADISE IS WORKERS' HELL
see the case of the bananas 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
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
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
UNEQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
GENERAL STRIKE - GREVE GERAL - TO PROTECT WORKING CONDITIONS
... in Portugal. Watch the first and the second part of the news.
Watch the video preparing the strike and listen to the interviews
Watch the video preparing the strike and listen to the interviews
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
REPORT YOUR EXPERIENCES
To the Trade Union Congress and the TUC's Commission On Vulnerable employment
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
FACTORY CONDITIONS AT PRATTS BANANAS
Listen to the BBC report of polish women that lost a baby under pressure on the shop floor and read the article.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
PORTUGUESE WORKING IN THE UK
A personal story
Labels:
EMPLOYMENT,
ENGLAND,
FOOD INDUSTRY,
Portugal,
SITUATION IN THE UK,
TRADE UNIONS
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.
Labels:
EMPLOYMENT,
ENGLAND,
EU LAW,
EUROPE,
GOVERNMENT,
SITUATION IN THE UK
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
and the local newspaper and the Norwich news
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
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