Unite and other unions have warned that a new employment rights enforcement agency announced by the government falls far short of what is needed to truly protect workers from exploitation and abuse….Read more…
‘Protect the bad, tackle the good’
Britain’s anti-slavery authority has nearly doubled its investigations since May, after its powers were extended beyond the food and farming sectors. The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority…Read more…
Tackling fraudulent & abusive recruitment: ILO signs new anti-slavery pledge with UK
This afternoon I was at the Home Office to witness the signing of a ‘letter of intent’ between the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) about collaboration in the fight against fraudulent and abusive recruitment practices, forced…Read more…
Hidden horrors of gang working
Two gangmasters have agreed to pay more than £1m to trafficked Lithuanian poultry farm workers, in the first case involving modern slavery to be brought against a British company. The payment…Read more…
Hitting the gangbusters
Jim Sheridan, the former Labour MP whose law targeted illegal gangmasters exploiting migrant workers and ripping off the tax and benefit system says the law must be updated and extended. Jim…Read more…