underworld economy revealed

mkpdavies · 11-01-2005, 09:52 AM

http://mathaba.net/x.htm?http://math....shtml?x=95129

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Each morning the two worlds pass each other as they cross the roundabout where a local campaigner's sign tries to hold back the tide: "Say no to the European constitution, vote Ukip." They pass but never meet.

Good start to the article!

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And so it is each morning around Britain. Over the last decade the economy here as elsewhere has built its success on the use of casual migrant labour, much of it subcontracted for maximum flexibility to labour agencies, or gangmasters as they are known. This subcontracted migrant labour has provided a workforce that can be turned on and off at a few hours' notice depending on the workload to sectors that have seen strong growth - food production and processing, construction, catering and hospitality, health care and contract cleaning - enabling the organisations that use it to compete globally. Without migrants many of the cheap goods and services we enjoy would not be affordable. The companies using gangmasters and the gangmasters themselves say they take strenuous efforts to ensure they comply with all employment and immigration legislation. Yet the system is beset with allegations of exploitation and illegality - and workers for these agencies paint a very different picture.

The whole article goes on to paint a very depressing picture. What has Labour done to our country? :cry:

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