Polish Consulate...

Polish Consulate in Kidderminster serving the West Midlands of the United Kingdom...

"Cześć!"

("Cześć!" - is the place to find information in Polish for Poles in Wyre Forest)

Links


1. CONSULATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN KIDDERMINSTER - main web site


ADVICE FOR POLES COMING TO WORK IN UK - official UK Polish language booklet


Arkadia - the beautiful Polish park in photos


Booklets (pdf format) - "So you think you're getting through"..."Poles Apart"


Booklets (pdf format) - "The Hopes and Fate of a Nation... M/S Pilsudski"


Booklets (pdf format) -"All the air is fragrant with the smell"... "Bigos - the Polish National Dish"


Centralwings - budget Polish airline


Church of Our Lady of Ostra Brama


EU Enlargement & Labour Migration Fact File


Federation of Poles in Great Britain


Gazeta Wyborcza - Leading Polish newspaper


Government information on the Polish foreign policy in the year 2004


Insight Central Europe - Radio networks from six Central European Countries combine to bring you the news from the Region


Jozef Pilsudski - famous pre-war Polish soldier and statesman


Karol Szymanowski - Great Polish Composer of early 20th Century


LOT - Polish airline


M/S Pilsudski - the famous pre-war Polish ocean liner


Music - Discover Flatworld


New Warsaw Express


Poland - Polish portal in English


POLAND - the official site!


Poles in Great Britain Online Club


Polish Consulate General in London


Polish National Tourist Board in London


Polish Service of the BBC


Polski Informator - News for and from Poles in Wyre Forest


Radio Hey Now - Bilingual Polish Radio in UK!


Radio Polonia - English language site


Virtual Bigos Bar! - the national dish!


Warsaw Voice - Warsaw English language weekly


West Midland MEPs on Polish entry to EU



Radio Polonia Links


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posted by: Oborski at 15:16 | link | comments (1) |

Exploitation

The Kidderminster based Consulate of the Republic of Poland has expressed concern at "the growing number of allegations concerning the exploitation of Polish workers in the Kidderminster area".

Polish Consul for the West Midlands Cllr Mike Oborski said today "the allegations relate to housing, pay and terms of employment".

Cllr Oborski said "we have become aware of:-

incidents of illegal overcrowding in rented rooms by unscrupulous landlords;
 
companies paying high hourly rates to agencies which only pass on the minimum wage to the workers concerned - without the knowledge of the companies concerned;
 
workers being paid for lewss hours than they have worked by employers who have first misled them over employment law and requirements so putting them in a position where they are also in the wrong and therefore find it difficult to complain;
 
employment on non-English speaking "care" workers on inadequate pay with little or no training.
Cllr Oborski said "it is extremely difficult to estimate how many people are affected because they are worried about losing the jobs and accomodation in case they cannot find alternative provision and as a result people only usually tell us what has happened after the event when they have eventualy managed to move on."
 
Cllr Oborski said "I am meeting Council Housing Officers and the Police on July 3rd to discuss the various issues. The Police and the Council have both been extremely helpful and are keen to take action wherever appropriate".
 
The Consulate is issuing "Pragniesz byc SPRAWIEDLIWIE POTRAWKTOWANY" (We want a FAIR DEAL) leaflets and posters urging Polish workers in the area to come forward and seek help if they feel that they are being exploited.
 
Cllr Oborski said "Nothing should disguise the fact that the overwhelming majority of Poles who have come to work in the Kidderminster area in recent months have been made extremely welcome and treated very well indeed. The vast majority of them are highly enthusiastic about Kidderminster and really like local people".
 
"However, a worrying number are being exploited by a minority of unscrupulous landlords, employers and agencies and we want to put an end to that without delay."

posted by: Oborski at 12:06 | link | comments |