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Volunteers in food support work – their views and why they matter
The Community Food Research Team at Kingston University and London Metropolitan University examine the role volunteers play in providing food support to low-income families and individuals. Their research shows why food support volunteering is still important post-pandemic, and why the charitable organisations who provide the bulk of food support need to sustain the participation of volunteers more than ever before.
Migrant Seasonal Workers Exploited While Supermarkets Profit
A new report has revealed the structural drivers of exploitation in the supply chain and migration system for migrant workers employed on large soft fruit farms. The Landworkers’ Alliance, in conjunction with the New Economics Foundation, Focus on Labour Exploitation, Sustain, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, and a network of former farmworkers, launched the report to show the extent of the exploitation and makes a series of demands for reform.
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Ian Mearns: “Fighting the Corner for Food Workers”
This blog is the address from Ian Mearns, MP for Gateshead to the Annual Conference of the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union 12th June 2023. He updated conference on the main debates and developments from the BFAWU Parliamentary Group during the last year.