corradoboy

I work in the print trade, and the company I work for hires in a great many agency immigrant workers on a temporary basis. Our government allow this to happen by not imposing regulations designed to ensure British people get British jobs. I believe each one costs us around £15/hr which goes to the agency, whom then pay the migrant NMW, creaming the rest for themselves. I am sure this works out cheaper economically for our company as they don't get holidays, sick pay or pension entitlements, and the agency meets all their tax/NI contributions. It also means they can reduce/increase the workforce at a whim as production demands it, so it's a win/win/win all 'round for the companies.

I recall seeing a documentary a few years ago about the building of a mosque in London where all the builders and stone masons were employed in India under Indian laws, and paid Indian wages in India whilst being kept in accommodation on site, with all sustenance provided. I commented at the time that this practise was sure to increase as the financial benefits outweigh any moral obligations. Looking beyond the initial balance sheet however, when you have a nation of 60m+ people whom are all unemployed, these companies will have starved themselves of their own market

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

I'm glad you mention that it's the government's fault, UB
Strange to note that the two most Euro-sceptic countries also fully implement the MOST EU directives, (us and Denmark), whereas the two most Europhile countries, (France and Germany), implement the least, ignoring those which do not benefit THEIR country.
Time Labour took a look at that idea........................oh no ..............wait............then they couldn't blame the EU for everything could they?

rr_ww

Not just watching, thinking how he can spin the situation to show how much he's in tune with his Union colleagues. Just like his old mate James Callaghan was.

James Callaghan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SCOsazOBY

The demonstrators are local men who are qualified and experienced to do the work yet they are unemployed because the work is given to foreigners then that is just wrong.

When a British company gets a foreign contract then they have to employ local labour with the exception of higher management positions. I know of an oil rig that has just made its British manual workers redundant because they have moved the rig to Greece and have to employ local greeks (which is fair enough) but then when our own cant get work on the doorstep because its full of Italians then it just takes the p1ss.

stilover

It was Tony Blair phoning up to gloat.

spireite

It was an Italian enquiring about becoming PM

JTaylor

Protectionism will deepen the global depression yet nation states will instinctively follow this path. Catch 22.

David Lock

As I keep saying

unclebuck

lol - I see that The 13th Duke of Wybourne is still alive and well and commenting on the Guardian article.

Gregor Gall: Gordon Brown's slogan 'British jobs for British workers' has come back to haunt him, as workers' protests gather momentum | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

There no longer appear to be any Nu Labour supporters left, even among the Guardian readers these days.

DYK

It's amazing how words can come back to haunt.This isn't anything new though things have been building up to this point for some time.Now with all these job cuts and what not,it's just pushed British workers to the limit of anger and protest sooner.What get's frustrating too is when you get these experts saying well were in Europe so British workers can go get jobs in France for example if they want to,well that's true.But country's like France,belgium,spain,etc,will always put their own Nationality first before any other regardless of being in Europe.Seems like the Brits are smacked in the face and pushed out again.Gordon Clown saying he understands is laughable..

dpb

This is the crux of it - we are so pc in this country its just not true


it could actually be the death of us that we havnt joined up fully

corradoboy

I see the beginning of a 'Nu' Winter of Discontent. It's all just a little bit of history repeating

CrisPDuk

I have no problem with foreign workers being employed to work on UK sites

British workers* are amongst the laziest I've ever encountered, they've had it so easy for too many years, and all thanks to the Union policies that so successfully crippled our automotive industry in the '70s and the mines in the '80s


* Strangely this appears to be a UK based issue only, whenever one encounters British workers abroad, especially in the petrochemical industry, they are definitely amongst the most dedicated, and hardest working

beal

iTrader: (1)

This all should have happened around 6-7 years ago and we may not be where we are now......

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

So the British tenders were more expensive and would take longer to complete.

Surely someone is either being greedy, which has bascially forced these jobs out of the UK!

hodgy0_2

if all the foriegn workers go back

who is going to sweep the floors at my local NHS hospital

RyanSTI

iTrader: (1)

hopfully people without diseases.

filfy

I'm fully behind all the protesters as i am one of many many experienced riggers in the local area who could of had a job on this site.I will be there Monday morning as we have to unite and unite as one

British jobs for British workers don't make me laugh.Brown you are a lying b@sterd

spireite

[quote=CrisPDuk;8468603]I have no problem with foreign workers being employed to work on UK sites

British workers* are amongst the laziest I've ever encountered, they've had it so easy for too many years, and all thanks to the Union policies that so successfully crippled our automotive industry in the '70s and the mines in the '80s

Do you work in the construction/petro chem industry

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

This is probably why a £200m contract went to italy??? Wembley had an original price of £200m but ended up at £715m on completion. Britain screws itself ?????

BBC SPORT | Special Events | Wembley | The real price of stadia

spireite

Wasn't that down to Multiplex the AUSTRALIAN company ******* up

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I don't know I thought it was a big british company that did the work?? I have forgot the name.

spireite

BBC NEWS | Business | Multiplex 'sued' on Wembley delay


these were the guys steve

filfy

Wembley was full of workers from Portugal as was Terminal 5 and i don't hold any hope of getting a rigging job in the east end of London for the 2012 games

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

WHY????????????????

It's NOT the fault of the EC, it's the fault of the thicko Labour government who implement EVERY little EC directive TO THE HILT, instead of looking for the ones that benefit THE UK and ignoring the rest......you know, like the French and Germans do for their countries

But as I said before, if Labour started to do that, they'd have no-one left to blame when THEIR sh*t hit the fan, would they?

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I'll just shut up

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

Errrrm, Wembley was built by an Australian company............

unclebuck

Good man... you are performing a vital public service.... thank you

Does anyone know where that barge is docked?

tanyatriangles

iTrader: (2)

My eldest, a welder/plater, has had three days off for illness in his life, he does whatever job his foreman gives him, completes it and then goes back to ask what to do next. He is often told to hide until the next day.

Stop talking CRAP about British Workers, you obviously have little experience of them.

And as for the unions...........who has crippled the car industry now? themselves, by charging higher prices in the UK than anywhere else in Europe, in an effort to keep prices LOW for mainland Europe, followed by the Labour party with it's stupid anti-motoring taxes