Industrial Action

Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
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Challenging the Right to Strike: the UK Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, currently passing through the UK Parliament, seeks to establish minimum service levels for transport provision following widespread industrial action on the country’s railways. The UK government describes the Bill as necessary ‘to keep Britain moving during transport strikes’. While the legislation’s effectiveness has been questioned elsewhere, the Bill…

A crisis in a crisis: How charity workers are struggling to make ends meet
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A crisis in a crisis: How charity workers are struggling to make ends meet

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Hounslow LIFE isn’t the only division of Hestia where staff have concerns. One staffer at a south London women’s and children’s refuge told openDemocracy: “How can [women’s charities] Solace and Refuge pay to keep up with the inflation cost, but Hestia, who has a similar contract with local authorities, cannot?” She showed openDemocracy adverts for…

Liverpool Dock workers to strike for another two weeks as row over pay and jobs rumbles on
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Liverpool Dock workers to strike for another two weeks as row over pay and jobs rumbles on

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Editor’s note: where there are labor issues and vulnerabilities, trafficking may be found. 14 October 2022 Dock workers will stage two more weeks of strike action in a row over pay and jobs. Unite said almost 600 Liverpool port workers will walkout again from October 24 to November 7 – after industrial action in recent…

Whatever the panic, girls are always victims
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Whatever the panic, girls are always victims

ByEyes on Trafficking News

PBJ Learning note: Male victims of trafficking and abuse are VERY real and are, in many instances, forgotten or discarded. The title here seems dismissive of their reality, which we do NOT agree with. The article covers important issues that need to be discussed, so please accept our apologies for this being, in any way,…