What on earth will happen to our NHS (nevermind our care services, food production, retail, etc) if we did not have migrant Labour in this country. Hat tip https://twitter.com/unisontheunion/status/1736716695438319848Read more…
Windrush victims justice call
Unite delegate Susan Matthews gave a powerful speech in a debate on ending the government’s ‘hostile environment’ on Tuesday (September 12). Highlighting that this year marked the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in the UK, she said the fight for Windrush victims’ compensation continues. “We have all witnessed this government’s hostile environment […]
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‘Hideous, inhumane proposal’
Unite the union has condemned outright the government’s hideous, inhumane proposal to send those seeking asylum in the UK to detention in Rwanda. This untested proposal will see the government…Read more…
Points-based immigration system slammed
Large labour shortages are predicted after the government unveiled its latest post-Brexit immigration plans which will bar both EU and non-EU migrant workers from securing visas for jobs paying less…Read more…
‘Much needed’
Unite members have welcomed the launch of the union’s Brexit helpline for EU members, as uncertainty around the Tories botched handling of the process continues to grow. The helpline, launched…Read more…
Celebrating migrant workers
More than 7,000 workers have benefited from bespoke educational programmes over the last 10 years that have helped them to improve their language skills and gain employment. The programme,…Read more…
#Right2Remain gains wider support: so what’s the problem?
On Sunday morning, the House of Commons Select Committee on Exiting the European Union (the ‘Brexit Committee’ chaired by Hilary Benn MP) released a report urging the government to unilaterally grant the right to remain to EU citizens living and working in the UK. The cross-party group…Read more…
‘Strengthening our industrial voice’
Unite hosted a Migrant Workers Conference on Wednesday (February 22), which was held at the union’s central office in London and hosted a wide range of speakers including Unite executive…Read more…
Thai Supreme Court win for migrant rights defender Andy Hall doesn’t end legal fight
It’s great news that, overnight, Thailand’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Natural Fruit Company against Andy Hall, the British born migrant and workers’ rights defender…Read more…
Why EU citizens in Britain shouldn’t be used as negotiating pawns
The TUC is only one of many groups in Britain calling for citizens of other EU countries currently living and working in the UK to be given the right to remain when we leave the European Union. Others who support the position include the CBI, IOD, orga…Read more…
Thai worker rights activist Andy Hall faces prosecution again
Today, British-born workers’ and migrants’ rights activist Andy Hall is back in court facing further charges arising from his work for a Finnish NGO on the abuse of migrant workers in a…Read more…
International migrants day 2015: European unions call for refugee employment rights
The TUC has joined other unions around Europe to mark International Migrants Day (18 Dec) by calling for measures to get refugees integrated into the workplace, rather than left in limbo in camps or on benefits – or worse. The TUC made this call ahead of an international conference in Zagreb,…Read more…
We are all migrants
Yesterday the first official refugees from Syria arrived in the UK at Glasgow airport. Some random thoughts.
Firstly, I am reminded of this fascinating research about the generic make up of many Brits. The Romans, Vikings and Normans had apparently l…Read more…
“If she drowns she’s a refugee, if she floats she’s an economic migrant”.
This is the “Katie Hopkins” immigration test that the Tories are thinking of introducing to appease The Sun and Daily Mail readers.
Hat tip Becky Tye. Read more…
Migrant rescue cut ‘indefensible in its inhumanity’
#stuc15 Delegates mourned the terrible tragedy of the 950 migrants drowned as their ship capsized off the coast of Libya just before the start of the Congress and gave overwhelming support to an emergency motion condemning the trade of people trafficking but also the reduction in search and rescue operations which is having a dramatic consequence on loss of life.
The STUC will campaign for anRead more…
Save migrants’ lives in the Med
The TUC has joined the international chorus calling for the European Union to restore the funding needed for initiatives like ‘Mare Nostrum’ to protect the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the dangerous Mediterranean crossing. Ahead of the emergency leaders’ summit today,…Read more…