Cross-border project working with migrant workers facing exploitation, run by @MigrantRightsIr @NIC_ICTU @UlsterUni & @CIPCommunity. Funded by PEACE IV @SEUPB
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Happy #InternationalMigrantsDay !
This morning we're launching our **Charter to Protect Migrant Workers from Exploitation and to Build Inclusive Workplaces** @NIC_ICTU @SEUPB
Read the full Charter here: bit.ly/34pSu9B
Thanks @owenreidy for your wise words and contribution this morning, and to all the work from Kevin & Tony @NIC_ICTU for making this project a success!
@owenreidy AGS @NIC_ICTU @irishcongress
‘We need to ensure that workplaces are inclusive and safe places, especially so for migrant workers’
#Inclusion #Equality
#MigrantWorkersRights
Abraham has been a driving positive force in the project, and we're always so inspired by your messages of hope for the future! #peaceiv @SEUPB
"Let's hope, let's see diversity as a driver of opportunity. We admire migrant workers for their relentless hope. Hope does not disappoint." Abraham Fore giving a powerful speech for @CrossingBBB closing event of #peaceiv
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We warmly welcome the First Minister's congratulations on the success of our project - "This project leaves a rich legacy, it has deepened our understanding of the issues which face migrant workers as they build their homes here" @niexecutive @SEUPB #peaceiv #migrantrights
"It has empowered people and enabled positive change in workplaces and communities. The fantastic leadership programme involved inspiring voices from around the world. It shone a light on how we can come together to overcome barriers and create a shared community" @niexecutive
We're so excited and proud to bring you the final event of our project today at 10:30, celebrating all the work we've done and all the people & organisations that made it possible. Thrilled to have contributions from First Minister @DUPleader &Deputy First Minister @moneillsf 1/2
And @joefingalgreen Minister of State for Community Development & CEO of @SEUPB Gina McIntyre, our project team will bring you through key learning on the importance of integration and employment rights for migrant workers in the labour market. Register➡️bit.ly/2V3H2eT
Join us for our Closing Event celebrating and exploring project learning about challenges and solutions to the meaningful integration of #migrantworkers into post-conflict workplaces and communities in NI and the border region. See you there!
Don’t miss @CrossingBBB final event of #peaceiv project, Thursday 26th Nov. You will hear from speakers from @DeptRCD + @edelmcginley, Owen Reidy @NIC_ICTU, Gina McIntyre @SEUPB & ors on the barriers & solutions to integration of migrant workers. Sign up➡️bit.ly/3lXqC3j
@MigrantRightsIr Development Worker Dzintra speaks about her experience of working in the mushroom industry & other agri-food roles and how this enabled her to build trust & confidence with workers in the mushroom sector to engage them in our research. #protectthehandthatfeedsyou
@drlucymichael speaks on the different forms of racism that migrant workers experience in the workplace and the different experiences of migrant workers of racism, with many people of colour being targeted on their way to and from work as well as in work #migrantrights #peaceiv
Michael Potter: "Migrant workers often find themselves on a continuum of exploitation"
Now Michael Potter describes the problems of debt bondage, isolation and trafficking in previous @jrf_uk research on the mushroom industry and the calls for scrutiny and standards that followed in 2011 #migrantrights #peaceiv and @crossingBBB @SEUPB
This morning we're hosting @UlsterUni Research Seminar on exploitation&labour market integration in the mushroom sector in NI&the border region. We'll hear from Jennifer Hamilton and Stephen Bloomer, @drlucymichael, Michael Potter, @CIPCommunity & @MigrantRightsIr @SEUPB #peaceiv
Another Crossing Borders, Breaking Boundaries workshop underway this evening with trade union members and activists on how trade unions be more inclusive of migrant workers in the movement. #peaceiv @SEUPB
TU’s and organising migrant workers event well underway
Opening address from ICTUNI AGS @owenreidy and insight to migrant workers lives from Dzintra @MigrantRightsIr
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Wonderful to have so many people engaged at our event this morning on Brexit, well done to all the panelists. Migrant voices need to be heard on Brexit now! It will be crucial to their participation in communities for a peaceful future. @SEUPB
A huge thanks to our panelists Bríd, Daniel @CAJNi andAnnmarie @BorderPeople for sharing their expertise on how Brexit will impact on migrant workers and their families, thanks to @cjhumanrights for chairing the event! #peaceiv @CrossingBBB @CCBSCrossBorder
📅Join @CrossingBBB at 'Accessing Labour Justice: A Cross-Border Analysis' on **Tues 20th Oct @ 10:30am** chaired by @LesAllamby, with speakers @eilis_barry CEO of FLAC, @ulsteruni, @MigrantRightsIr & @NIC_ICTU REGISTER HERE ➡️ bit.ly/3lNBDUm funded by #peaceiv @seupb
A worker supported by @CIPCommunity and @irishcongress tells our Exploitation Seminar he went to work at 6am, paid a taxi, but was sent home by a supervisor due to lack of work. Due to Zero Hour Contract he received no money. #seupb
Through #PEACEIV funding we have been able to support people to access their rights, raise the voices of workers in the agri-food sector, and bring different communities together through workshops, leadership programme and action groups. Invaluable funding to the border region.
Even during the current crisis we should still stop & celebrate 30 years of Interreg funding & the impact it has had. For Sept we will feature a different #EUFunding project per day, starting with #PEACEIV project @CrossingBBB
#Interreg30
#CooperationYear
#PEACEIV
#INTERREGVA
This is dehumanising and utterly shameful reporting from @BBCNews @SimonJonesNews - how can you stand by / enable the UK government to use people legally seeking asylum and their racist hostile environment policies to distract from their gravely incompetent response to Covid-19
"They're using a plastic container to try to bail out the boat"
Live on #BBCBreakfast @SimonJonesNews found another migrant boat attempting to cross the Channel. The group say they're from Syria.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53704809
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"Difference is of the essence of humanity. Difference is an accident of birth and it should therefore never be the source of hatred or conflict. The answer to difference is to respect it. Therein lies a most fundamental principle of peace: respect for diversity." Rest in power ♥️
It is unacceptable, and sadly unsurprising, that migrant voices are proactively being excluded in the UK govts consultation regarding future border strategy.
People move! And the "world's most effective border" isn't going to change that. Down with the hostile environment!
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@CrossingBBB Project Manager from @migrantrightsir speaking at the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID about how the safety of workers in meat plants was not prioritised by many employers or govt @SEUPB
MRCI gave evidence to Oireachtas Special Committee on #COVID19 on working conditions in meat plants. HSE officials informed meat factories employers before workers about their test results. Government must set up a taskforce to improve T's&C's for workers
independent.ie/videos/meat-p…
What a great first cross-border meat sector meeting!
Love your food? Love, respect, and protect the hands that feed you! #workersrightsnow #migrantrights
"Once we are together, we can win!"
