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Food workers and Low pay
In 2021 Unity Consulting Scotland conducted a membership survey on behalf of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU). Survey results showed a clear link between low pay, insecure work and food insecurity. This was the catalyst for the creation of the Food and Work Network (FAWN) and in this blog we examine the appalling behaviour of two major food production companies towards their former employees.
Community Restaurants to Universal Rights: food as an intersectional struggle
The third of the Food and Work Network’s (FAWN’s) series of ‘knowledge exchange’ workshops took place at Liverpool Hope University in February 2023. Funded by the British Academy-Leverhulme Trust, this workshop brought together academics researching aspects of the food system in the UK, along with trade unionists and community activists with lived experience to share their knowledge and insight into how access to food can be problematic.
Making Work of the Right to Food - Food and Work Network (FAWN)
The United Kingdom has a serious food problem. It is the world’s fifth largest economy, yet in early 2023 almost one in five households, including 9.7 million adults and 4 million children have experienced food insecurity.