Subject - Call for asylum seekers to be allowed to work at TUC conference

Posted : (Wednesday 17th September 2008 ) By - jess (Registered User)

21 union leaders, representing over 5 million workers, signed up to the Trades Union Congress and Refugee Council Let Them Work campaign for asylum seekers to be allowed to work at last week’s TUC congress.

Sheila Bearcroft, the new TUC president, said: “While they wait months and sometimes years for their cases to be decided, asylum seekers are forced to survive on benefits, when all they want to do is provide for their families and contribute to the country in which they are keen to make their home.”

Refugee Council press release:
Union leaders pledge to support TUC and Refugee Council campaign to let asylum seekers work
TUC press release: New TUC President elected in Brighton