Klara Skrivankova

"Unscrupulous employers can use the threat of removal to a care worker’s home country to victimise migrant workers who whistleblow or complain about their treatment."

New @workrights.bsky.social blog on the need for reform of the work sponsorship system: www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

Protests by fruit pickers and farmers put spotlight on price of cheap food in UK In two actions, migrant workers claim exploitation while farmers demonstrate against inheritance tax plan

As the Employment Rights Bill proceeds through the Parliamentary process, it is crucial to recognise that we need better protections for migrant workers, many of whom are trapped in exploitative positions due to restrictive visa routes and extortionate costs.

www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

If I see Bob Jenrick outside the Old Bailey filming little promo videos asking ‘how on earth did we end up in this situation?’ about the court backlog then please know I’m crashing his video with the answer:

You lot were in power for 14 years, Bob. Your party were at the wheel.

www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages

12/ Medical Justice, Fundraising Lead (26 Jan): medicaljustice.org.uk/vacancy-fund...

13/ The Employment Legal Advice Network is searching for a new consultant director (15 Jan): bit.ly/3DpXVd3

Thanks for the reminder

In 1938, the year of Kristallnacht, Henry Ford, automotive innovator, received the 'Grand Cross of the German Eagle' from the Nazi regime

Und offenbar kennt er dabei überhaupt keine Grenzen von Anstand und Würde

Today, 17 December, is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

A little louder for the folks in the back:

The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.

www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Right there with you

Meet the ‘sickfluencers’ of TikTok – and don’t be fooled by the outrage obscuring the real scandal | Frances Ryan That desperate people have to look online for help accessing disability and sickness benefits is what should truly upset us, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Meet the “sickfluencers”: disabled people turn to TikTok for help accessing disability benefits - and the media says they’re scroungers gaming the system.

My col. on Fraser Nelson’s stitch up job, and the paranoia those with the least might get an advantage. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trans Learning Partnership's new report is the first major research project to look at the experiences of - and be led by - trans people of colour in the UK.

It explores the issues & structural barriers affecting this community

Read it here: t.co/kqIG2UpgLx

Funded by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social

Philippa Stroud: We should give migrant workers the same access to public funds as everyone else | Conservative Home Migrants working legally in the UK, often in roles listed on the Government's shortage of occupation list, face a precarious existence; even minor crises can drive them into poverty.

"NRPF denies essential support to hardworking people who not only contribute through their employment & taxes but are often the backbone of sectors that keep our nation running smoothly"

Philippa Stroud in Conservative Home on our new NRPF research: conservativehome.com/2024/11/21/p...

@tamarynnelson.bsky.social hey there!

Like learning about troubled histories by reading crime novels? Here is one for you 👇

Time for a romp through the history of ECHR-scepticism in Britain.

A 40-part thread…… /1

New report by London Funders on social welfare advice funding in London.

@trustforlondon.bsky.social has distributed £11.5m for social welfare advice since '20. But we can't sustain it & there are huge gaps that should - but won't - be filled by state funding.

londonfunders.org.uk/resources-pu...