{"id":1,"date":"2022-05-26T12:34:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtwtrust.org.uk\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-06-13T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T08:16:52","slug":"pmletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtwtrust.org.uk\/pmletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust calls on Boris Johnson to introduce a single enforcement body"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1\" class=\"elementor elementor-1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bf9443 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bf9443\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9efec6d\" data-id=\"9efec6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75cd8aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75cd8aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 25-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Today The Garment and Textile Workers Trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for him to take action by creating the promised Single Labour Market Enforcement Body.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>This comes as the Trust publishes the findings of research undertaken by the world-renowned Rights Lab at Nottingham University and The School of Law at De Montfort University Leicester.<\/p><p>Additionally, the Trust has announced our ambition to offer free access to English lessons to everyone who wants them, every night of the week and an innovative approach to worker representation.<\/p><p class=\"MsoSubtitle\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black;\">Kevin<\/span><\/strong><b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black;\"> McKeever, Chair of the Trust said<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black;\">:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"MsoSubtitle\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black;\">\u201cThis research is an important addition to the body of knowledge on labour exploitation in the garment and textile industry and significant in listening to the voices of workers themselves, alongside local government and civil society.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoSubtitle\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #5a5a5a; letter-spacing: 0.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: black;\">It\u2019s crystal clear that there\u2019s only so much companies, individuals, trade unions and civil society can do to tackle labour exploitation in Leicester and beyond \u2013 it\u2019s time for government to step up and form \u2013 and fund \u2013 their long promised single enforcement body.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/p><p><b style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Tim Nelson, CEO of Hope for Justice and founding Trustee<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><strong> added<\/strong> <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u201cIt is clear from this research that greater coordination is required from those accountable for protecting the rights of workers employed in the garment industry. Business, charities and individuals can all play their part, but to truly rebuild this country\u2019s proud textile heritage and to protect the sector\u2019s workforce, we need the Government to act. The creation of a single, properly funded labour market enforcement body, with the powers and staff it needs to protect workers, is a vital first step.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p>The report is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/Research\/Beacons-of-Excellence\/Rights-Lab\/resources\/reports-and-briefings\/2022\/June\/Fashioning-a-beautiful-future.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p>Kevin McKeever&#8217;s letter to the Prime Minister can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/lowickgrouplondon.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/Lowick\/ESb_Lqg2x5FHnNC9VIBbid8BRsrm_d3sO78s6EvoGnpHxw?e=h8lAbW\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today The Garment and Textile Workers Trust has written to the Prime Minister calling for him to take action by creating the promised Single Labour Market Enforcement Body.\u00a0 This comes as the Trust publishes the findings of research undertaken by the world-renowned Rights Lab at Nottingham University and The School of Law at De Montfort [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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