Another Morecambe Bay is waiting to happen
By Hsiao-Hung Pai (THE GUARDIAN, 28/03/06):
Two years have passed since 23 Chinese workers died at Morecambe Bay. And today the gangmaster Lin Liangren, found guilty of 21 counts of manslaughter, and two of his associates will be sentenced. (David and Tony Eden, the buyers, were acquitted of minor immigration-related charges.) But despite the outcry over the drownings, and the guilty verdicts, migrant workers are still selling their labour on the sands under the same appalling conditions.
The cockle pickers who were there on the night of the tragedy know nothing has changed beyond the conviction of a few at the bottom of the chain.… Seguir leyendo »