Modern day slavery
- 17 November 2016 18:46320594This lady would be better off at Sports Direct.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/17/day-in-the-life-of-a-care-worker-zero-hours-contracts - Andy B
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17 November 2016 19:13320595Some of the self employed parcel delivery drivers who use their own cars are treated like slaves.Their rates of pay are a p**s take.Jan Higgins and Button like this - Button
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17 November 2016 19:50320597For example, 17p per drop - multiple parcels to the same address counting as 1 drop.Jan Higgins likes this(Not my real name.) - Andy B
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17 November 2016 20:40320600So earning little more than their fuel money back plus a drink on top.I,ve heard from a local driver that if they have to return to the same address if no-one is in they only get paid just once for that delivery.howard mcsweeney1 likes this - 17 November 2016 21:24320602How times have changed and not for the better I used to use DHL for sending documents worldwide and the couriers were employed by the company. Back in the early to mid 90s our local chap announced that he was now self employed and paid weekly for the use of his van. I asked him what was the new arrangement and he said a straight 50 pence for each pouch he collected. I pointed out that I normally only sent one at a time and he added that some of the bigger businesses in Ilford had ten or more so it was swings and roundabouts. Considering how long ago this was it seems more reasonable than what Butane and Andy are saying about today.
- 17 November 2016 21:51320604Andy B wrote:Some of the self employed parcel delivery drivers who use their own cars are treated like slaves.Their rates of pay are a p**s take.
When the market is flooded with cheap labour this is the end result.
And the Labour party scratches its head and wonder why they've lost millions of voters.Guest 1713 likes this - 11 September 2018 21:57349108https://news.sky.com/story/eight-slaves-rescued-after-forced-labour-claims-in-buckinghamshire-11495379
Full credit to the police in jumping in and feeling collars on this vile crime but what were those 100 police persons doing previous to this happening?