EDM 652
Session 2008-09
John Mann MP

That this House deplores the use of temporarily resident overseas workers living in substandard accommodation by Total and IREM at Killingholme, RWE at Staythorpe and the lack of clarity of UK law on social dumping; congratulates Unite, GMB and other unions on exposing this exploitation and the absence of equal opportunities to apply for all jobs; welcomes the principle of the Posted Workers Directive that all European workers should receive local terms and conditions giving the right of all British workers to compete on a level playing field for all such jobs; notes with concern the potential for lower standards of health and safety with the use of temporarily resident contractors; further notes the huge capital programmes being brought forward and the forthcoming new power station build, including nuclear new build; calls for these to be built by companies employing primarily British labour on decent pay and conditions; further calls for an isolating of these companies continuing to exploit social dumping; welcomes the Government's intervention through the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS); and calls on ACAS to investigate the contract at Staythorpe and to examine in detail the accommodation and travel charges levied on the temporarily resident contract workers and whether acceptance of this accommodation and travel is conditional on working on site.

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