Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
Proposed changes to ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) provision include:
existing universal entitlement to free ESOL training up to level 2 removed;
fee remission available only to people receiving means-tested benefits and tax credits;
asylum seekers aged 19+ no longer automatically eligible for publicly funded FE provision from 2007-08.
UCU highlight that take-up of ESOL has risen […]
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has joined the campaign against retrospective changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP), branding them “manifestly unjust”.
Livingstone has written to the government urging it to allow migrants who came to the UK before the November 2006 changes to be exempt from the new rules.
The new points-based system requires skilled […]
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
Janet Dean, MP for Burton and Uttoxeter, is urging workers in her constituency to tell her if they have been poorly treated because they are agency workers.
Mrs Dean said: “I want workers in my constituency to tell me about their experiences as agency workers. For some, the flexibility of temporary agency working is a bonus. […]
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
GMB and the Polish Cultural Institute have linked up to bring Polish artists to the Left Field Stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2007, as part of the campaign to win trade union rights for migrant workers in the UK.
Two Polish bands will play Glastonbury’s Left Field stage. Poise Rite and Habakuk - a Polish reggae […]
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
Jon Cruddas has introduced an Early Day Motion calling for a full cross-party debate to consider granting a two year work permit to migrants who have lived in the UK for more than four years.
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
The North Wales Daily Post recently reported on evidence provided to the Welsh Affairs committee. Trade union leaders documented how migrant workers in North Wales have been extorted and threatened at gunpoint by corrupt work agencies.
They said workers, most of them from Poland, are being crammed into houses and ripped off in Mafia-style rackets, with […]
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Posted on May 17th, 2007 by Nicola
The DTI has announced a new consultation about the national minimum wage (NMW) and the Employment Agency standards Inspectorate, focussing on measures to promote compliance and improve fairness both for workers and compliant businesses.
They are proposing strategy to deal with cases of underpayment of the NMW, based on new way of dealing with arrears, and […]
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Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Nicola
Two Caravans is the new book from Marina Lewycka. The book provides a fictional account of the lives of migrant workers arriving in the UK, following the experiences of a diverse group of workers whose experiences include strawberry picking, packing live chickens, meat processing and forced sex work.
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