Who Cares?
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in asylum Seekers, equality, gender, labourrights, migrants, refugees, uk poverty | No Comments »The UK has an ageing population – with the number of people over 80 set to double to eight per cent of the population by 2030. Unable to meet the ever-increasing demand for care workers through the British workforce, the ...
We must work together to stop the exploitation of temporary workers
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 by Dan Rees Posted in labourrights | No Comments »Oxfam is calling on the government to extend the powers of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority (GLA) beyond agriculture to cover agency workers in the construction, hospitality and care industries. The case for doing so is obvious. The exploitation of temporary, mainly ...
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 ...
Flexibility forgets FRED
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in labourrights | No Comments »In an article littered with quotes from Chief Execs and Chairmen, the Financial Times analysed Britain's flexible market with many expressing fear that the need for tighter regulation in the banking industry might be confused with a need for regulation ...
Ten years on: the urgent need to enforce the national minimum wage
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 by Krisnah Poinasamy Posted in labourrights | 3 Comments »The national minimum wage (NMW) came into force a decade ago today. At the time, some predicted that rather than help those at the bottom of the pay scale, it would mean job losses for the very people the ...
The recession on our doorstep – BMW cut 850 jobs across the road.
Monday, February 16th, 2009 by Antonia Bance Posted in labourrights | 2 Comments »Usually this blog is global, but today it's intensely local too. Because, you see, from my window here in Oxfam House I can see the Cowley car plant. The building I'm in was built on the site of the old plant, ...
