NHS Facilities Staff Prepare Strike Over Pay Inequality and Pension Losses

Over 330 low-paid NHS facilities workers, including cleaners, caterers, and porters at the St George’s, Epsom and St Helier hospital group (GESH), have voted to strike over alleged pay discrimination. According to their union, United Voices of the World (UVW), these mostly minoritised community memb... [More info]

The booming NSW blueberry industry has a very dark underside. Behind the glossy fruit in supermarkets are stories of withheld passports, visa loopholes, overcrowded and unsafe housing, and wages far below the legal minimum.
This isn’t an accident — it’s a system designed to squeeze vulnerable workers while corporations and farm owners profit. NSW still refuses to licence labour hire companies, a reform other states like Queensland have already adopted. Without it, dodgy labour contractors flourish and exploitation continues unchecked.
The government looks the other way because cheap labour means cheap exports, but the cost is paid by workers living in conditions that border on modern slavery.
If we can regulate unions, if we can regulate welfare recipients, then we can certainly regulate big agriculture and labour hire firms. Protecting workers’ rights should never come second to the profits of agribusiness.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/04/nsw-blueberry-industry-farm-labour-loopholes-dark-underside

Number of cancelled migrant work visas doubles amid growing scrutiny on employers

The number of licences allowing companies to hire migrant workers in the UK has doubled, according to the latest Home Office data. In the year to June 2025, 1,948 licences were revoked, more than double the previous year's figure of 937. Employers in sectors such as adult social care, hospitality, r... [More info]