Going after the workers but not the companies doesn’t solve the problem. The government will only play a permanent whack-a-mole as these companies continue to hire more migrants to do their bidding. The gig economy is not the only sector it’s happening in either, the social care sector has a lot of bad faith employers exploiting and scamming foreign migrants too.
RangoCricket on
Given that Labour had their conference sponsored by deliveroo, and the whole P&O debacle, don’t expect anything to happen here, unless it’s to fuck the workers over.
IllustriousLynx8099 on
So these are the same people who were interviewed by the Guardian last month and are now shocked that immigration came knocking? Imagine somebody in the Home Office couldn’t believe their luck when they read that article.
The Government do need to crack down on account sharing on these apps.
Lidl_Security_Guard on
When a fucking *guardian* article has this:
> There are estimated to be between 800,000 and 1.2 million undocumented migrants in the UK who do not have valid visas or other types of immigration documentation. More than half of them have been in the country for at least five years.
You MUST concede there is a massive problem.
Minimum-Geologist-58 on
Sometimes the British State is the master of turning a blind eye and feigning ignorance. “A lot of Deliveroo riders are the victims of modern slavery? I’m shocked I tell you! Shocked!”
Whereas it’s been pretty bloody obvious to the general public for years!
blahchopz on
They need to clamp the loop on “barely can drive” riders as well as taxi drivers
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Going after the workers but not the companies doesn’t solve the problem. The government will only play a permanent whack-a-mole as these companies continue to hire more migrants to do their bidding. The gig economy is not the only sector it’s happening in either, the social care sector has a lot of bad faith employers exploiting and scamming foreign migrants too.
Given that Labour had their conference sponsored by deliveroo, and the whole P&O debacle, don’t expect anything to happen here, unless it’s to fuck the workers over.
So these are the same people who were interviewed by the Guardian last month and are now shocked that immigration came knocking? Imagine somebody in the Home Office couldn’t believe their luck when they read that article.
The Government do need to crack down on account sharing on these apps.
When a fucking *guardian* article has this:
> There are estimated to be between 800,000 and 1.2 million undocumented migrants in the UK who do not have valid visas or other types of immigration documentation. More than half of them have been in the country for at least five years.
You MUST concede there is a massive problem.
Sometimes the British State is the master of turning a blind eye and feigning ignorance. “A lot of Deliveroo riders are the victims of modern slavery? I’m shocked I tell you! Shocked!”
Whereas it’s been pretty bloody obvious to the general public for years!
They need to clamp the loop on “barely can drive” riders as well as taxi drivers