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POLICE in England and Wales recorded 2,255 modern slavery offences in the 12 months to March 2017, with an increasing number of suspected cases reported, according to an official report published today.
The Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) report titled The Natures and Scale of Labour Exploitation across all Sectors within the United Kingdom reveals that Vietnamese, British and Albanian were the most common nationalities referred for labour exploitation, including criminal exploitation such as cannabis cultivation, in 2017.
It notes that the number of Vietnamese potential victims is consistently high and continues to increase and that exploitation of Romanian workers is most frequently reported.
As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR