Exploitation of vulnerable workers ‘rife’ 20 years after Morecambe Bay disaster, warns Unite's Sharon Graham
Rescue workers carry bodies into an ambulance at Morecambe lifeboat station, February 6, 2004
EXPLOITATION of vulnerable workers in Britain is “rife” 20 years after the Morecambe Bay disaster in which 21 cockle-pickers were drowned.
The migrant Chinese workers were overcome by an incoming tide on February 5 2004 at the Lancashire coastal resort.
Trade union Unite said that despite the introduction of the Gangmaster Licensing Authority following the disaster, vulnerable workers still face “often dangerous exploitation.”
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