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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to expand the role of the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority beyond the fresh produce sector to protect workers from exploitation by labour providers in the hospitality, manufacturing, care and construction sectors of the economy and to increase resources allocated to the GLA for its inspectorate to support this expansion. More details
Submitted by Nottingham Diocese Justice and Peace Commission of Diocese of Nottingham – Deadline to sign up by: 06 March 2008 – Signatures: 172
More details from petition creator
We were most concerned when we heard that the GLA's remit at present only covers the agricultural sector and that they have no remit to work in other sectors. Many migrant workers in the U.K. endure a "combination of extreme low pay, very poor living conditions and long working hours" (Von Hugel Institute, Feb 2007) Widening the scope of the GLA to more sectors of the economy is esential to defend their rights.
Current signatories
Nottingham Diocese Justice and Peace Commission, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Ben Parish
- Rosy Townsend
- Maxine Taylor
- Mike Wheeler
- Anna Bourke
- Paul Scola
- Mary Foley
- Elizabeth Ferrie
- francis mckenzie
- Valerie Fenton
- colm mckenzie
- jean Anderson
- James Stephen Turton
- Martin Dillon
- Karol Grabowski
- Maureen Brennan
- Liz Doona
- lesley mckenzie
- Sheana Barby
- caroline caille
- Robert Hill
- Dick King
- S King
- Pauline Gallear
- Odette Millar
- Mavis Pearman
- Gabrielle O'Brien
- NANCY GALLYOT
- Kathryn Timmons
- F. M. SNOW
- Lucas Ortega
- Heather Collins
- Gilbert Paul-Clark
- Richard Dillon
- Charles Ferrar
- Donald C Macdonald
- C.Medupin
- Jane McGrath
- Jean Connor
- Jim Kelly
- Paul Carroll
- Sue Stone
- Melvin Wagstaff
- Pauline Howell
- Anthony Pateman
- Kate Fletcher
- penelope stone
- Elisabeth Johnson
- roz beeson
- Catherine Andersen
- Sally Bartlett
- Joan Mallon
- Alison Richards
- john elliott
- Claire Webster
- Diana Fagg
- Cathy Shelley
- Dr Patrick Vaughan
- Brendan Campbell
- Marian Thompson
- Margaret Roberts
- Christina Mottram
- Ingrid Pasteur
- Angela Grabowski
- Mary Etchell
- Rosalind O'Melia
- Richard Lewin
- James Tynan
- Mark Vyner
- Lucy Waldron
- Donald Wilkes
- Paul Nicholson
- Marian Dick
- David Mark Bevan
- anne speight
- Mary Anderson
- Patricia Helen Pinder
- Peter Hedley Cousin
- Barbara Stirrup
- Mary Braley
- Patricia Gillie
- Kathryn Yates
- Rebecca Stirrup
- DAVID HAY
- Margaret Devlin
- H. O'Neill
- anthony jarvis
- Jeanette Heeley
- Jan Grabowski
- Jane Morgan
- Maura Mansfield
- David Baxter
- Shirley Ratcliffe
- Brian Hubert Skinner
- Bill Flanagan
- Andrew Crewe
- Elaine Prior
- Mike Black
- James
- Helen Boothroyd
- Liz Holman
- christopher jackson
- Ann Watts
- Angela Bailey
- Ms. K. A. Fowkes
- Barbara Hindley
- JUDITH CADDEN
- Ruth Hughes
- Alasdair Bailey
- Kevin Carney
- Alan Barrow
- Madeleine Kenny
- D Le Roux
- Mary Lewis
- cecilia hatt
- Anne Lewis
- Gillian Badcock (Mrs)
- Vivian Boland OP
- Laurie Clegg
- philippa forsdike
- Daniele Viner
- Jo Storr
- Sonja Le Vay
- John C. Freeman
- Veronica Piekosz
- Brendan Clegg
- Roger Morton
- marion walter
- Clare Viner
- sue montague
- David Murray
- Lesley Freeman
- Shafi Chowdhury
- Katherine Wolstencroft
- Michael McLoughlin
- Hilary Andrews
- John & Anne Dodwell
- William Chappell
- Kevin Willsher
- Sarah McPartlin
- Stuart Gray
- David Viner
- Clive Orton
- Gill Wyse
- GLA
- Sarah Butler
- Margaret Hellyer
- Alison Long
- Barbara Radway
- Pat Trussell
- N King
- Carol Mellors
- Valerie Gwynne
- Lucia Crewdson
- Christopher WIlliams
- Barbara Ring
- daryl ross
- Nelu Balaj
- Margaret Byrne
- Kathleen Delaney
- Bridgetta Rooney
- Carol Sourbutts
- Mary Teresa Sheridan
- Maureen Boggins
- tony dunn
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Joy Bosworth
- Margaret King
- Roderick L Essery
- David Nicholls
- PETER HOWARD
