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Number of black and ethnic minority workers trapped in insecure work has ‘boomed’ over past decade, TUC warns
‘Jobs that are safe, secure and pay a living wage must replace precarious roles which exploit black workers’ labour,’ Black Activists Rising Against Cuts tells the Star
Black worker Emmanuel Ikwuegbu / Creative Commons
A TOXIC mix of Tory austerity, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and entrenched institutional racism is failing black and ethnic minority (BME) workers, the labour movement warned today.
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (Barac) told the Morning Star that action is needed to ensure “safe, secure jobs which pay a living wage” after the TUC unveiled damning research showing the number of BME people trapped in insecure work has more than doubled since 2011.
The shocking analysis reveals a whopping 836,340 BME citizens were forced to survive on temporary jobs or zero-hour contracts last year — up from 360,200 soon after the Tories returned to Downing Street.
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