Public ETI Events
SEMINARS
Public Seminars on Seasonal and Foreign labour in the UK Food Industry,
30 April & 15 May 2002
This is the advance info for this event only.
ETI members have proposed seminars to address the exploitation of seasonal and foreign labour in the UK food industry. The seminar will bring together suppliers, companies, development and labour rights organisations that are interested in this issue. This is reflected in the scope of speakers which range from suppliers, a progressive gangmaster, trade unions, Fresh Produce Consortium and employment lawyers who have extensive skills, experience and knowledge in this area.
The seminar will focus on delivering a number of objectives including :
- Suppliers in the UK food industry to receive practical advice on
how to identify and address the exploitation of seasonal and foreign workers
within their supply chains
- Recommendations as to how suppliers, supermarkets and ETI can take
steps to address the exploitation of seasonal and foreign workers.
- To raise awareness of the issues associated with foreign and seasonal labour and identify specific regional issues and possible solutions.
The seminars will include a number of workshops aimed at improving awareness amongst relevant suppliers, retailers, charities (NGOs), ETI members and other audiences, addressing in particular the existence and nature of exploitation of seasonal and foreign labour in the UK and the practical constraints and opportunities involved in addressing this exploitation.
We expect considerable interest in this topic and are therefore running two seminars at two regional locations.
- 30th April 2002, Maidstone,
Kent
and - 15th May 2002, Grantham , Lincolnshire
See also:
- Event report - this event has now taken place
- ETI Activities: Experimental projects: UK Agriculture (Gangmasters) Project
- ETI Resources
For further information please contact adil@eti.org.uk
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