Union officials are investigating claims of “gross breaches” of health
and safety and employment law at a firm which hired migrant workers, it
was revealed yesterday. Unite said it had been made aware of what appeared to be “horrific abuses” of vulnerable workers at a salad packing plant in Oxfordshire. The factory employed mainly Polish workers and there are claims that part of the roof collapsed last month.

Jack Dromey, deputy general secretary of Unite, said: “Our first priority is to move urgently to protect these workers and give them union backing. We will of course investigate the allegations fully but we will have no hesitation to bring the full weight of the authorities against those who are responsible. The exploitation and abuse of vulnerable workers in Britain is intolerable. This is not the first case, and it won’t be the last.”

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