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Domestic workers face abuse and exploitation
New research from Oxfam and Kalayaan has found that most migrant domestic workers brought to the UK have experienced sexual, physical and psychological abuse from their bosses.
2 July 2008 (external article)
hereford times Two Polish migrant workers found dead
Two Polish migrant workers have been found dead at two separate sites at Brook Farm in Herefordshire. Police have described the deaths as unexplained.
1 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Lithuanian builders working for pittance
A group of builders, mainly Lithuanian, have been paid as little as £8.80 for a 39-hour week.
1 July 2008 (external article)
guardian Harman produces watered-down equality bill
A bill to tackle discrimination, intended to provide fairer job opportunities for women and ethnic minorities has been published. However criticisms have been made that it excludes the private sector.
27 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Senior police officer sues Met for discrimination
Leading Muslim officer Tarique Ghaffur has met with the National Black Police Association to discuss suing the Metropolitan police for victimisation.
27 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Metropolitan Police face race promotion claims
An employment tribunal in East London is hearing the case of a police officer who has accused the Met Policy Authority (MPA) of racial discrimination after he was not promoted to a senior rank.
26 June 2008 (external article)
guardian Nine government departments unsure on equality targets
An answer to a parliamentary question has revealed that nine government departments refused or failed to respond to questions as to whether government targets on equality were being met.
26 June 2008 (external article)
western mail New research on refugee doctors and nurses
A new study has found that refugee doctors and nurses are unable to find work in the Welsh NHS, despite staff shortages.
18 June 2008 (external article)
bbc news Angus Council has declared it will not appeal against 'race' case
Angus Council has announced that it will not appeal the tribunal decision after losing a case of racial discrimination for refusing to shortlist a Bangladeshi man for a head of housing post.
11 June 2008 (external article)
review
Chinese Whispers: a call to arms
This book based on undercover journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai's experiences among Chinese illegal labourers in this country is vital reading for all who campaign about workers' rights, racial and sexual exploitation, globalisation, trafficking and forced migration.
11 June 2008 (1155 words)
independent Farmers face fruit losses
Farmers across the UK are facing huge losses as their fruit is left to rot in their fields because of new restrictions on migrant workers.
13 May 2008 (external article)
croydon advertiser Judge orders compensation for discriminated council employee
A Black employee at Croydon Council has received compensation after she was denied the same pay rise as two White colleagues. The judge found that this was due to her race, although this was not necessarily a 'conscious act' on the part of her boss.
9 May 2008 (external article)
bbc news 'Gangmaster' has licence revoked
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has revoked the licence of a company that it claimed imposed 'forced labour' conditions on migrant workers. Around 200 people, mainly from Poland, were taken to Scotland to pick flowers.
8 May 2008 (external article)
worthing herald Hearing for soldier who claimed racial discrimination
A 33-year-old Jamaican soldier, serving with the Welsh Guards, who has alleged racial discrimination by military staff and abuse in barracks, is due to appear before an employment tribunal.
6 May 2008 (external article)
independent Pilot makes accusation of racism
A Scottish man who works with British Airways as a pilot has claimed that there is a 'canteen culture' of racism among pilots and that his complaints to management had been ignored.
1 May 2008 (external article)
glasgow herald Man discriminated against by council in housing job
Ahsan Khan has won a case of racial discrimination against Angus Council which failed to shortlist him for a job although he met the necessary criteria for the post.
1 May 2008 (external article)
scotsman Scottish fruit growers 'are facing a disaster'
Farmers and politicians in Scotland are calling for the UK government to relax new rules on migrant labour, which farmers fear might ruin their fruit-picking season.
24 April 2008 (external article)
asian image Taxi driver attacked
A taxi driver has spoken of how he feared for his life after he was racially abused by a gang of men and then punched by one of them in Burnley.
23 April 2008 (external article)
guardian Restaurant workers protest to demand changes
Restaurant workers and owners from the Chinese, Indian, Pakistani and Turkish communities have protested in central London against immigration raids and new laws restricting entry to non-EU migrant workers.
22 April 2008 (external article)
bbc news Jail for racial abuse colleagues
Three men who carried out a campaign of racial harassment against a Muslim co-worker have been jailed for three years. The abuse included setting the victim's trousers on fire while he was still wearing them and force-feeding him bacon.
18 April 2008 (external article)
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