Migrant workers backed / Fall in number of foreign workers

UNITE, the trade union has launched a campaign to highlight the plight of migrant workers exploited by agencies in Wales, July 2008.

In a separate although linked article, it is reported that the WAG statistics show that the number of legal migrant workers entering the Welsh jobs market from the new European Union states in Eastern Europe has dipped to its lowest level since 2004.

• Primary Source

Western Mail, 21.7.08: Union says immigrants are working 90-hour weeks – for just £2 an hour http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/07/21/union-says-immigrants-are-working-90-hour-weeks-for-just-2-an-hour-91466-21375071/

UNITE: Welsh region http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=254

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