Originally posted by NoddY
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Arise, the new Baltic state of East Anglia
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Didn't modernism promise us that one day machines would do such things [packing frozen chickens etc]?
Moral arguments aside (for now) - I would like to pose this question: is this really a constructive use of human resources? What are the flaws in our economic system that allow this?Leave a comment:
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Arise, the new Baltic state of East Anglia
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...938254,00.html
some nice quotes from the article...
They work eight hours a day on the production line packaging frozen chickens and earning the minimum wage of £5.05 an hour. Even after paying the rent for their flat in Great Yarmouth 35 miles away they earn £100 a week each, equivalent to the monthly wage in Lithuania.
Clive Beecham, managing director of Kinnerton, said: “I think they are a fantastic workforce and that is largely because they are over here for one reason and that is to work.”
Sheila Childerhouse, a board member of the East of England Development Agency, which commissioned the report into the economic impact of the migrant workers, said: “We want to ensure that the contribution of migrant workers is valued and understood. Even though they send money home they actually contribute more money per head to the region’s economy than local people.”
Future's bright,
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