Tag: care
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Organising for Power as Migrant Workers
If a migrant care worker is facing issues with their visa, some unions might say: ‘this isn’t an employment issue’. If the same migrant worker’s visa sponsor is treating them poorly at work, some migrants’ rights organisations might say ‘this isn’t an immigration issue’. When visas are tied to employers, how do workers organise against…
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Manchester Training Report
PAWA and the IWW organised a two-day rep training event at the Working Class Movement Library (WCML) in Manchester on March 16th and 17th, 2024. The event provided food, accommodation, family, and childcare support to all participants. Prior to the training, facilitators gathered feedback from PAWA members on their main workplace issues. The training content…
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!! Victory Announcement !! Care Worker Compensation!
We recently won major concessions as well as financial compensation for our member who came to the UK on a Health and Care Visa. Our member paid £5 000 to an agent who promised her milk and honey in the UK. However, after arriving in the UK, the company which generated a COS for her…
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!! Victory Announcement !! Chiedza’s success story
It is with immense pride that we share the triumphant outcome of Chiedza’s (not real name) case. Chiedza, one of our valued comrades, found herself facing physical threats after she bravely demanded her employer to pay her the contracted 39 hours she deserved. Thankfully, Chiedza had already joined a union, which turned out to be…
PAN AFRICAN WORKERS ASSOCIATION (PAWA) 