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Strikes over use of foreign workers
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From what I can tell an American company won the tender then sent in another firm to do the work.I'm trying to find the link just to confirm.
This tender was also won when their was apparently no skilled workers to do the work....unfortunately due to lay offs there are now workers to fill the posts.0 -
I was approached by a distressed Danish gentleman last night in Newcastle city centre, he was clearly upset and on his own, he told me he worked for a gypsy who has ripped him off and not payed him his wage and left him stranded in Newcastle, he asked for a coin so he could call his mother back in Amsterdam so I gave him a quid.
This should not be allowed to happen, more so in the UK and Europe.Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.0 -
Local workers working locally add to the economy of the locality and it's social capital. Foreign workers housed and isolated in a floating shed on a short term contract do neither.
At least we can all cheer up and have a laugh at the repeats of "Auf Wiedersehn Pet" (ITV4 Tues/Wed/Thurs), all about some scoundrels who go abroad to work and the stuff they get up to. They even stay in some awful portakabins on their building site to save cash and.....oh......er......right....lovely weather we're having...*shuts door*0 -
At least we can all cheer up and have a laugh at the repeats of "Auf Wiedersehn Pet" (ITV4 Tues/Wed/Thurs), all about some scoundrels who go abroad to work and the stuff they get up to. They even stay in some awful portakabins on their building site to save cash and.....oh......er......right....lovely weather we're having...*shuts door*
Can a moderator please merge all these threads so people don't keep going over the same ground in different threads?
As I pointed out here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1452923&page=2, That happened because the German economy was booming and they had a huge labour shortage in their construction industry. Those British builders were not being employed in preference to Germans.0 -
Perhaps they don't want British workers because of their tendency to strike.;)0
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Perhaps they don't want British workers because of their tendency to strike.;)
I know this is tongue in cheek, but it does raise quite a pertinent point, in that exactly the opposite is true. Since Thatcher won the day back in the 80s, British workers have been among the least militant in Europe. The reaction now just shows how far they have been pushed.0 -
So a French company decides to use an Italian company to do the work. There's no "British" money being used here, just because the plant in in UK doesn't mean EU nationals can't work there. Should people from Hull be refused jobs in London because they aren't "local"?
At the time the contract was awarded, the UK construction industry was booming. My guess is that the Italian firm had the advantage because they could guarantee the work would be done on time and to quality (as they had the staff on hand) rather than the usual layers of subcontracting. Which can be risky to the project.0 -
wisbech_lad wrote: »So a French company decides to use an Italian company to do the work. There's no "British" money being used here, just because the plant in in UK doesn't mean EU nationals can't work there. Should people from Hull be refused jobs in London because they aren't "local"?
For the billionth time, the issue is not that EU nationals are working there, it is that British nationals did not even get a chance to apply.0 -
For the billionth time, the issue is not that EU nationals are working there, it is that British nationals did not even get a chance to apply.
Sorry.... perhaps I've missed it. Why do you think this?
Perhaps you have a link to a job advertisement that specifies 'no British need apply'. Should this be the case then surely they would indeed be guilty of some sort of discrimination.
Presumably Italian companies advertise for staff in Italy and British companies in the UK.
Many large British companies who bid for such contracts have an emplyee base to draw off before they even start to advertise. I can only assume that goes for other large companies too, regardless of nationalities.0 -
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