Has your job been affected by the invasion of cheap labour from Europe ?

Question

I have lost jobs and opportunities , in the Meat Industry , in the UK , due to the invasion of Cheap Labour from other European and Asian Countries....how many other Jobs and Opportunities in Work have been affected ?

MAN FOR ALL SEASONS...YOUR JOB HAS PROBABLY NOT BEEN AFFECTED YET BY THESE CHEAP IMPORTED WORKERS.....SO BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AFFECTED....YOU THINK YOU WONT BE ! RIGHT ? WRONG ! NOW READ THIS !

First They Came for the Jews


First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.


Pastor Martin Niemöller

STEPHEN 28% of the NISSAN factory , that you mentioned , is English....the other 72 % are Polish !

They were probably helped out by enormous Government Grants , to build that factory.....in order to provide British jobs !

Answer 1

Not me personally, but my daughter is struggling to find a part-time/summer job before she goes to university. All the big stores here in NE Scotland seem to have non UK nationals in them.

Also I know of a big garage in the city here that has just gotten rid of all their Eastern European mechanics because of errors. They have cost the company over £65000.00 in repairs due to their bad workmanship.

Answer 2

Sorry to hear you lost your job. I've been there and it isn't a nice place to be. I would say that anything is better than the dole, to keep your pride, your sense of self. Even if it means working as a cleaner in the morning and an usher or waiter in the evening to make ends meet. You do not say which job you were in, but you cannot let this get you down. Use the time to work out what you ARE good at - what are your strengths - and concentrate on those. What were you good at when you were at school? What did you like doing when you were at home? For example, if it was playing computer games, is there a game shop and are they hiring? If not, keep going in there, prove you are serious. What are your weaknesses? How can you minimise them? For example, if you are not good at English grammer :-) then can you spend some time at the library and catch up? If you want to get, and keep, a job, you have to prove you are better than the rest when push comes to shove. The only way you can do that is be the best as you can. Above all, smiles are free, give one away today! First impressions count at interviews. Good luck!

Answer 3

no. cheap labour you say wonder if a way can be found to make it less cheap in all countries . is this really so cheap labour or are people being set against each other. as to the south of the border assumption some people do know not all come from there the focus has been primarily on them hence the discussion to remind not all are illegal who live wherever. also the focus is kept on illegal ones and this might pose a problem for those who are not but are assumed to be also there is an assumption which could be quite offensive that illegal immigrants or others from elsewhere are prostitutes because they are from eastern europe or drug dealers and gangsters

Answer 4

YES

But this is our own stupidity in having a ridiculously strong pound. The IT industry has had a 70% drop, we don't manufacture anything so... there is little along the job lines now. I remember in the 90's it was so easy just go to an agency and there was always work. Now no chance!

Just consider the following things;

1) How often do you see Made in UK or Made in Britain on something?

2) How often do you see the Budget actually lower the price of something? Like house prices etc...

3) What encouragement do you see for creating new businesses? In EU there are tax incentives and easy loans/grants, in Asia, China, Viet, Thailand etc... all have Economic Development zones, 2 years no tax, cheap industrial/office unit rental on offer. And in the UK you get....?
Oh yea you get the Princes Trust 500 quid support. Well thats all good for bus fare I suppose!

Answer 5

European meat industries has not effected me, but I remember the first time I got out of the Army, and I went to a beef slaughter house that was advertising for apprentice butchers and maintenance repair men. There was a lot of us, between the age 18 to about 25, that were applying. Blacks, Whites, Mexicans that were Americans, about half of us Viet Nam era veterans. Five people were hired for the positions. They were all illegals. We found out they were illegals, because there was a human resources person that quit and told the local press what had happened. The kicker, was that they were hired at the same wage that was promised in the advertisement. This was about 1975 or 1976 in a packing house close to Loveland, Colorado.

Answer 6

Not me personally but my eldest son and his gf are hospital workers on the minimum wage who relied on overtime,to give them a little extra cash every week. Then an influx of EU workers arrived and within 6 weeks they had noticed a huge difference at work. Now there is no overtime and two days last week all the staff were sent home early as there was no work. It didn't use to be like that when he first started there and he is really fed up as he and his gf never go out as they can't afford to. It's not fair or right but there isn't a thing anyone can do about it as they are all from the EU.

Answer 7

Mate......the government has made a real mess of things, we all know that..... Its an insult to the people who fought in the war to keep this country safe......only for future governments allowing this country to be flooded.England is doomed.
Politicians have made awfull decisions, they would rather waste billions on wars than pump money into getting people back to work, they don,t give a dam about us.Local councils waste money too, instead of helping people . Theres little fun these days, its all about keeping your head above water,no wonder theres so many miserable people out there.. £100 plus per month council tax.......for what?

Answer 8

My daughter works at a local factory making car parts for nissan cars, (nissan cars in Japan Not UK Nissan)
Of the 123 employees 27 are British. The rest are Polish who have a full time interpreter with them.

How crazy is this country, Poles making Nissan parts here in the UK to send to Japan!

Wonder how they manage to read the "Health and Safety at Work Act"
Or perhaps it isn't an offence for them not to know or understand it?

Answer 9

I'm in the construction industry and have only sub-contracted to English foke. I was asked by a foreign women if I could give a job to her husband. The answer was going to be "no" so I said "Not a problem, tell him to bring in his CITB paperwork and it would be sub-contract only so could he also bring a copy of his Public Liability Insurance." That put an end to that.

Vice versa, I only do work for English foke. I'm too busy when it comes to foreigners.

Answer 10

No, I have not noticed any affect. Is possibly due to requirement to have attended either a 2 year or 3 year(degree) training course ?There is a shortage of hygienists in U.K. I have noticed that more dentists ask to see proof of registration with our governing body and proof of current indemnity insurance.
I am a dental hygienist working as locum