Hidden workforce newsletter 8: July 2011

Why equality is better for us all; the risk for Southern Cross migrant workers; new Polish and Filipino UNISON member networker and much more in the eighth Hidden Workforce newsletter.

Hidden workforce newsletter 7: June 2011

In this edition meet the Hidden Workforce team at UNISON conference and London South Bank University demonstration success.

Hidden workforce newsletter 4: March 2011

The hidden workforce describes all workers providing public services whose jobs have been outsourced. Many of these workers are in vulnerable employment, where they are relatively powerless when it comes to exercising even basic employment rights.

Hidden workforce newsletter 3: December 2010

The hidden workforce describes all workers providing public services whose jobs have been outsourced. Many of these workers are in vulnerable employment, where they are relatively powerless when it comes to exercising even basic employment rights.

Hidden workforce newsletter 2: October 2010

Includes: The Hidden Workforce and the Real Oxford Union; Recruiting and organising the outsourced workforce - activists speak out; More case study leaflets for union reps and staff on organising outsourced workers; Our Future Together; Organising outsourced workers during the period of public spending cuts; Can Facebook and Twittering stop privatisation?.

Hidden workforce newsletter 1

Includes: General secretary’s message on hidden workers; UNISON conference; General secretary’s election; Case studies on vulnerable workers; Organising the hidden workforce in Sodexo and Medirest; Meeting with Polish workers in Oxford; Film interview with refuse collectors; UNISON guide on immigration document checks and workplace raids; Hidden workforce activity. >> Download the newsletter as a PDF