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	<title>Vulnerable Workers Project</title>
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	<description>TUC and BERR project working with building services workers in Tower Hamlets and the City of London</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Better deal for Polish Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/11/a-better-deal-for-polish-workers-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The TUC/BERR Vulnerable Workers Project (VWP) and the Federation of Poles in Great Britain are running a major event, A Better Deal for Polish Workers on Saturday, 7th February, 11.00am – 5.00pm at POSK Centre, 238-246 King Street W6. 
All the trade unions in the Southern and Easter Region of the TUC as well as statutory and voluntary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Deal for Polish Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/11/a-better-deal-for-polish-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The VWP has joined forces with the Federation of Poles in Great Britain to run major event, A Better Deal for Polish Workers, on Saturday, 7th February, 11.00am - 5.00pm at POSK Centre, 238-246 King Street, London W6.
All unions in the Southern &#38; Eastern Region of the TUC, as well as service providers from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New date for ESOL &#038; employment rights course</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/new-date-for-esol-employment-rights-course/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/new-date-for-esol-employment-rights-course/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The VWP&#8217;s ESOL &#38; Employment Rights course will now run for 10 weeks, 10.00am to 12 noon, from Saturday, 10th January 2009 until Saturday, 14th March 2009.The course will be held at the Workers Education Association offices, 4 Luke Street (near Liverpool Street station). The training gives workers, or those who are looking for work, the opportunity to learn more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next meeting of the Vulnerable Workers Group</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/next-meeting-of-the-vulnerable-workers-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/next-meeting-of-the-vulnerable-workers-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The next meeting of the Vulnerable Workers Group will be held on Wednesday, 15th October,4.00pm - 6.00pm at Tower Hamlets Law Centre, 214 Whitechapel Toad E1 1BJ.
The group is aimed at all workers who have contacted the VWP for advice or attended on of our information sessions. People can discuss, collectively, their issues at work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free ESOL course with employment rights</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/free-esol-course-with-employment-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/free-esol-course-with-employment-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The VWP, together with the Workers Education Association (WEA) is offering workers free training to improve their English language skills and, at the same time, increase their awareness of their rights at work.
The course will run for 10 weeks and is accredited to Entry Level 1. Workers can choose
   Mondays, from 13th October to 15th December, 6.00pm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October newsletter with vulnerable workers views on unions</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/october-newsletter-with-vulnerable-workers-views-on-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/october-newsletter-with-vulnerable-workers-views-on-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The October edition of the Vulnerable Workers Group Newsletter is now on-line. This month&#8217;s edition features a report on a group meeting that was held with vulnerable workers to ask what their perceptions of trade unons are.
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		<title>Minimum Wage increase</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/minimum-wage-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/10/minimum-wage-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As from 1st October 2008, the rate for the National Minimum Wage is now
             £5.73 an hour               over 21
             £4.77 an hour              18 - 21
             £3.53 an hour               16 - 17.
The accommodation offset, that is, the maximum that the employer can take from your pay before working out whether you are being paid the minimum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESOL with employment rights resource available free</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/09/esol-with-employment-rights-resource-available-free/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/09/esol-with-employment-rights-resource-available-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The VWP has joined forces with the London Region of the Workers&#8217; Education Association (WEA) to give workers the opportunity to learn English and, at the same time, know their rights at work by producing a course that embeds employment rights into ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). 
A different employment rights topic is used as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Vulnerable Workers Group Meeting&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/08/next-vulnerable-workers-group-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/08/next-vulnerable-workers-group-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The next meeting of the Vulnerable Workers Group will be held on Thursday, 21st August from 4.00pm to 6.00pm at Tower Hamlets Law Centre, 214 Whitechapel Road. The topic for the meeting will be &#8216;Making your Employment Rights work&#8217;.There are employment protection rights for many of the issues raised but workers have difficulties in enforcing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC video of Vulnerable Workers Group</title>
		<link>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/08/bbc-video-of-vulnerable-workers-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk/2008/08/bbc-video-of-vulnerable-workers-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Blyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A BBC video of the Vulnerable Workers Group in action helping workers to assert their rights is available - Watch the Stories of Vulnerable Workers.
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