June 2012
6 posts
How London's Latin Americans are fighting back
The anti-raids campaign gets a mention in this Guardian article. For more info on the campaign and the migrant ‘know your rights’ cards that were developed by it see the campaign’s blog: https://network23.org/antiraids/about/ and the anti-raids campaign section on our blog
How London’s Latin Americans are fighting back
As one of London’s most invisible...
2 tags
PWB supports the STOP THE ARRESTS campaign
A campaign to stop the arrests of sex workers in London from now until the end of the Olympics. The campaign was initiated by a coalition of sex workers and supporters of sex workers rights.
More information and petition here: http://www.moratorium2012.org/
STOP THE ARRESTS.
Jubilant times, sleeping under the bridge:... →
Horrendous accounts of the reality of the workfare programme are emerging: “Jobseekers, who did not want to be identified in case they lost their benefits, said they had to camp under London Bridge the night before the pageant. They told the Guardian they had to change into security gear in public, had no access to toilets for 24 hours, and were taken to a swampy campsite outside London...
Anti-Raids campaign: Solidarity with migrants...
What can you do if you witness UK BA and police coordinated checks and raids of migrant workers in the streets and workplaces of London and other UK cities? As part of the anti-raids campaign we have produced an info leaflet on the law and practicalities. Download the LEAFLET here (it is included in both BUST CARD packs): http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/606
The anti-raids campaign is...
Migrant 'Bust Cards' are here - in Spanish,...
The card was produced as a response to the increasing UKBA raids targeting migrant communities in the last months (for more info, see this article). Please get in touch if you can help with translation into other languages, would like to circulate and workshop the bust card in your community, or become part of the anti-raids network!
Download the BUST CARDS from here...
Pay Backs are finally happening - and a new...
VOGUE on 31 May 2012 reports:
“ARCADIA - the company that owns Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Topman and Dorothy Perkins - has sent former unpaid interns retrospective payments up to year after placements were completed. Following an “internal review” of Arcadia work experience, interns who worked at the company’s head office were recently sent cheques for their labour.
...
