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Picket of Tescos Cowley Road 6pm 4th July

richarddirecttv | 04.08.2005 16:40 | Workers' Movements | Oxford

Picket of Tescos Cowley Road, East Oxford at 6pm on Thursday 4th July.

Part of a national day of action in support of Polish agency workers exploited by Tescos in Ireland.

Polish agency staff working for Tesco distribution in Ireland
have gone on strike, after two of them were fired for refusing to pick up over 130 crates in a day.

More info at  http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71189
and  https://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/08/320202.html

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Report of picket

04.08.2005 19:02

The picket went well -- four people turning out at short notice, with a decidedly rustic placard . Despite this, gave out 150 leaflets in under an hour. The response was generally very good -- this is the centre of radical East Oxford, of course!

Management had been informed that we were coming, and knew about all the protests happening around the country. Several workers from inside Tesco deied their boss to come and talk to us. We were told that in the UK, like in Ireland, Tesco try to exploit those who do not know their rights, recent immigrants from south Asia, was one example given.

Two radio interviews were done by Green Councillor Matt Sellwood, but the press failed to turn up on the day -- so no pictures, sorry.

Another person told of more horror stories -- care workers from East Europe, qualified nurses all, who are being paid a pittance, sleeping eight to a room, all controlled by gang masters who hold the nurses' passports

And one woman thought that the misspellings on the leaflet was me having a pop at the Irish!

Loukas

And also in Hackney and beyond

05.08.2005 02:16

Check it Out -

See:
 https://www1.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/08/320369.html

So did some folk did it 2 in Dublin
 http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71334


hmm... its gonna take us more than this to win...but i think we got more...

For background food for thought, see:  http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=71189

xxxxxxx

Suma Us-came Out

Caveat emptor

06.08.2005 13:44

So the Polish join the EU to get the benefits, and the right to work in all EU countries. Now some of them find out it is not all it is cracked up to be. Don't whine, if you don't like it you can always go home to Poland if life is better there than you can find in Ireland. Stay if you want, go if you want., but shut up.

Ros

Don't Shut Up

08.08.2005 12:23

So people come here from Poland and other places because they think we've got it good over here, then they find that it was our parents' generation that had it good and we've pissed it up against the wall by being so spineless in defending what they won.

Stay if you like, go if you like, but don't keep quiet about what's wrong with how things are.

Paul