I'm not talking about illegal immigrants, something this government is incapable of dealing with. I'm talking of those legally here on work permits where deaths, like the cockle pickers, had to occur before the government realised illegal activity was going on. In the west Midlands we don't have enough bus drivers so the company has gone to Poland to get some! All legal. But if the Polish drivers accept lower UK wages (which may be higher than in Poland) then the labour market becomes more skewed. If you got a load of IT workers in from Poland and your industry nosedived on the wage front, is that something to take on the chin? I'm for paying decent wages for a fully worked job. Not smoking breaks, shopping jaunts and "my Gran's just died!"
Like a lot of the ping-pong on this forum, I tend to think we may have some thinking in common, but are approaching things from different quarters! :wink:
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