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Migrant domestic workers exposed to slave conditions by a Con-Dem clampdown on working visas will descend on Downing Street today.
A petition of thousands of names will be handed in at the residence of posh Prime Minister David Cameron — who employs a foreign nanny to care for his kids.
Workers are demanding the reinstatement of rights guaranteed by the overseas domestic worker visa, which was axed in April 2012 by the Tories.
BOB NEWLAND appreciates an important contribution to the debate about how slavery helped to build the wealth of Western companies and states
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
I found myself alone as the sole reporter at Britain’s largest union conference, leaving stories of modern-day slavery and sexual exploitation going unreported: our socialist journalism is just as vital as the union work we cover, writes ROGER McKENZIE