Modern Feudalism Guidance feat. Emiliano Mellino
Added 2023-07-03 21:44:02 +0000 UTCIt's the free one!
This week, we speak with Bureau of Investigative Journalism reporter Emiliano Mellino about how changes to the UK’s migrant visa system for agricultural workers have created unbelievably exploitative conditions—often reported to be worse than in any other developed or developing country—and how the agency charged with enforcing the rules gets less money each year than the Home Office spends on pens and stationery. However, before we get to that, we also have to catch up with a Season One-style terrible startup, and discuss how a Shelley poem made a lot of Britain’s dumbest people furious.
Check out Emiliano’s reporting here: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/profile/emilianomellino
Also, we discussed some organizations helping agricultural labourers in the UK. They are Workers’ Support Centre Scotland (https://workersupportcentre.org.uk) and Work Rights Centre (https://www.workrightscentre.org). The former is funded by the Scottish government, but the latter does accept donations if you want to help them out!
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Noblesse Oblahaj
2023-08-03 22:15:43 +0000 UTCI work at a wastewater treatment plant in NJ and if people knew what goes on at their local wwtp, they wouldn't drink tap water again.
Mark Hardgrove
2023-07-14 02:04:28 +0000 UTCOz farm workers / fruit pickers now have a min wage thanks to huge union campaign and organising, but underpayment and exploitation still rife due to no enforcement and short stay visa workers from pacific islands
Luke
2023-07-08 03:00:04 +0000 UTC
