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Supply chain solidarities in the food system
FAWN continues acting as a venue for discussion on and organisation of food work across the supply chain. Jake Richardson reports on our July workshop exploring different models of doing so, including 'industrial hubs' that coordinate union membership and activity in different sites of the food chain, but in a specific town or region.
“She could not bear the stress and fainted”: Seasonal Work on UK Farms
Over the past eighteen months, FLEX have been working with Rosmini Centre Wisbech, Citizen Advice South Lincolnshire, and the Southeast and East Asian Centre (SEEAC) to conduct surveys and interviews with actors along the food supply chain. Jacob Bolton from FLEX relates how the research found deep-seated, systemic issues on UK farms, with evidence of several indicators of forced labour – including deception, isolation, withholding of wages, intimidation and threats
FAWN Workshop III: Child Food Poverty and Whole-Food Chain Organisation
The third Food and Work Network workshop took place on May 18 at the University of Sheffield.