A change in the law is needed: Oxfam and Newsnight expose the exploitation of workers in the hospitality industry
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Matt Genner Posted in livelihoods | No Comments »Basia Mowisha, a 24-year-old Polish migrant, has worked in many of London's top hotels. She came to the UK to work hard and make a better life for herself. But like so many others working in the cleaning and catering ...
Turning The Tide – Oxfam’s new report examines how best to protect workers employed by gangmasters
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in labourrights | 2 Comments »Today Oxfam releases its report, Turning The Tide, which assesses the effectiveness of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, whilst also examining other sectors in which gangmasters operate. The Morecambe Bay tragedy of 2004, in which 23 Chinese cockle pickers drowned due to ...
The government believes asylum seekers do not deserve to live fulfilled lives
Friday, July 31st, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in asylum Seekers | No Comments »Ken Livingstone said: "You can judge politicians by how they treat refugees: they do to them what they would like to do to everyone else if they could get away with it." If that is the case then there is concern ...
Migration is Good for Britain – What the Papers Don’t Say
Friday, July 24th, 2009 by Joshua Fenton-Glynn Posted in migrants | 1 Comment »One of the perks of my job is that I have to read all the newspapers every morning and summarise the news priorities and what's going on for my colleagues. And one of the things I have noticed is that, when ...
Greater equality of opportunity and social mobility will not end poverty
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 by Bill Kerry Posted in equality | No Comments »One of the enduring myths that governments of unequal countries, like the UK and US, are keen to promote is that whilst we may be unequal our societies are somehow dynamic and allow the poor to rise out of poverty ...
What about the workers?
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 by Julian Dobson Posted in livelihoods | 1 Comment »Here's a conundrum: help your town or city survive the recession and create new jobs and opportunities. Do it with fewer resources and, while you're about it, see if you can eliminate poverty. One answer may be a rediscovery of interventionist ...
