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Caroline Robinson

@carolinerobinson.bsky.social
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Executive Director Worker Support Centre (WSC) | Co-founder/Former Director Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) | Editorial Board Anti-Trafficking Review Journal.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
On 7 April the new Fair Work Agency launches. Tomorrow, with @melaniesimms.bsky.social, Prof. Ruth Dukes & Dr Eleanor Kirk @glasgow.ac.uk, we’re bringing together key voices to explore what this shift in labour market enforcement means for workers in Scotland. (image:Zdravka Boudinova-Zdravolina)
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Check out these two brilliant new #jobs at @workersupportc.bsky.social And apply! Or get in touch if you want to know more.
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
I spoke to @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social for this piece on social care in Scotland. I raised some of the very serious cases @workersupportc.bsky.social has seen in 2025-care workers who have become displaced overnight then faced huge barriers to re-employment. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2571006...
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‘Neglected in the community’: Home care failings exacerbated by immigration changes
Staff shortages in home care in Scotland has left elderly and vulnerable people "neglected" in the community, it has been claimed.
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Welcoming Scotland’s First Minister, John Swinney MSP, to our office on Friday We shared our 5 Step Exploitation Prevention Model and shared footage of squalid housing many workers in his constituency live in, paying high rents. Full post on our website! workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/15/w...
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We believe everyone should be safe, valued and respected at work - no matter our job or nationality. In 2025 workers across Scotland have showed what that looks like in action. Check out our FIRST EVER newsletter to hear more about this work. workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/12/10/w...
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WSC 2025 round-up: A year of worker power! – Worker Support Centre
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re proud to share our first newsletter detailing some of the moments where workers led the way, shaped change and built the foundations for a fairer Scotland.
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Great work by @mellino.bsky.social Why no one is organising seasonal workers? We've discussed with workers through 2025 @carolinerobinson.bsky.social WSC “They feel like things have been raised already, and there’s a lack of care about those issues in the UK in general – so what would change?”
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Really proud of this work by @workersupportc.bsky.social its been developed with workers, built on evidence and centred on changing the system.
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
From workers highlighting horrific housing conditions to last week's Scottish Parliament discussion on how to address the gap in oversight. This gap affects @ 45,000 people who come to pick our fruit & veg annually (who spend 20% of their wage on housing) Read @workersupportc.bsky.social blog ⬇️
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It was incredibly exciting to launch this news yesterday. 🤝 our essential work with care workers 💻 our new website [www.workersupportcentre.org.uk]..& ⛰️ our new office in Perth, the Fair City! I'm super proud of our team & whats been achieved & excited for the next step in our journey.
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Today #worlddayagainsttrafficking Scottish Government published their new Trafficking & Exploitation Strategy,with prevention at its core. Read our statement welcoming this new approach, which could represent a significant step forward for Scotland. workersupportcentre.org.uk/wsc-welcomes...
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WSC welcomes new Scottish Government Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy | Worker Support Centre
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Seasonal agricultural workers reported wage theft & widespread payslip confusion in 2024, we partnered with workers to highlight this issue. So we're pleased that the UK Director of Labour Market Enforcement has now committed to a review on payslips assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68779f...
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
"Rosa" harvests strawberry in Santa Maria, CA: We work piece rate and I get paid $2.50/box. I work very fast as I have to pack a lot of boxes each day to earn enough to pay my rent and bills. It's a very tiring job. #WeFeedYou
A Santa Maria California strawberry field where workers are harvesting the berries
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Much to say about this report considering legal costs to workers of the Seasonal Worker visa. A couple: 1. Its focus is far too narrow when we know so many are paying illegal costs & fees; 2. Without effective labour market enforcement we've no way of ensuring EPP won't be passed on to workers.
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This Tuesday @ariane-burgess.bsky.social shared WSC cases of unsafe agricultural worker accommodation in the Scottish Parliament. Her amendment to the Housing Bill tried to tackle lack of oversight of this housing. Scottish Government says its addressing this. We look forward to hearing how.
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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
We are thrilled to launch the digital version of our new special edition Migrant Voice newspaper. We are sharing the first hand experiences of migrants, on a wide range of topics. www.migrantvoice.org/home/pagenew...
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Migrant Voice: special publication launched
A one-off Migrant Voice newspaper delivered to selected MPs and other opinion-makers is now available here.
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This International Workers' Day Kevin (chosen pseudonym) writes with such insight on this visa: "I was transported to work on other farms. The treatment on some of those farms was much better, but my employment was tied so I was unable to move without a transfer."
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Pleased to celebrate International Workers Day with the publication of an article by a real champion of workers' rights. Kevin (chosen pseudonym) spent 6 months in Scotland as a seasonal agricultural worker in 2024 & shares his experience & analysis in SLR: scottishleftreview.scot/picking-with...
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Picking Without Freedom: The Struggle of Seasonal Workers
Kevin, a seasonal agricultural worker from Uzbekistan, and Caroline Robinson of the Workers' Support Centre, are pioneering a new model for building workers' power.
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
I was very pleased to be part of this cross-membership project by @gaatw-is.bsky.social this winter, the inaugural edition of a new GAATW Annual Publication launched earlier this month. This first ever edition (of many) considers: (In)formal pathways to justice www.gaatw.org/images/2025/...
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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We can't create a better future without understanding our past. Congrats to the @oneworldcentre.bsky.social for their hard work creating the Breaking the Chains Slavery Trail. It informs us of Dundee's history with slavery, while also connecting us to local & global justice issues ✊
Multiple leaflets overlap each other in this image, each of them white with a light tan-brown header and footer. The heading says "Breaking the Chains: Making Connections" with information about the newly created slavery trail below.Light blue graphic with dark green geometric shapes on the left border. In the bottom left corner is an image of Maggie smiling widely. She has white skin, grey cropped hair, wearing a black scoop necked top and plain silver necklace. As the content does not fit in this alt text, you can read the motion text by going to the 'Votes and Motions' search on the Scottish Parliament website and inserting S6M-17209 as the motion reference into the search.
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Interregnum @intrrgnm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Find us in Glasgow (9th May) and in London (12th May) for the launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker! @politybooks.bsky.social More info here: interregnum.ghost.io/book-launch-...
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Book launch: The Precarious Migrant Worker, Polity (Glasgow and London)
In the desert of neoliberal precarity, how do we struggle? We invite you to the book launches for The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity, taking place in Glasgow (9th of May 202...
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Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women @gaatw.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
2/2 Issue #1: (In)formal Pathways to Justice It explores how migrant & trafficked individuals seek justice—through both formal systems & informal avenues. Read it & share your thoughts: gaatw.org/resources/pu...
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Reframing Narratives: Anti-trafficking from the ground up - The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)
This is the website of GAATW - the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women - a network of over 80 organisations worldwide, working to ensure that the human rig
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Really interesting findings from Valeria Ragni on pay, looking into payslips from 11 farms employing workers on the UK Seasonal Worker visa.
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New Observer article from @everebecca.bsky.social on the seasonal agricultural workers that weren't paid for hours worked last year & confusion around hourly vs piece pay. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... Worker Support Centre helped 99 workers with pay issues last year, here's what we found:
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‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours
Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This sounds super interesting!
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New BBC report on @workersupportc.bsky.social work out today!
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Darren Newman @daznewman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Following up on the written evidence to the Commons Committee on the Employment Rights Bill from @thebigbogg.bsky.social I've had a few more thoughts! rangeofreasonableresponses.com/2025/01/09/m...
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More thoughts on “Fire and Rehire”
Back in November I wrote about the Employment Rights Bill and its proposal to ban the practice of ‘fire and rehire’. I suggested that the very narrow ‘financial difficulties’ exception that the Bil…
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Caroline Robinson @carolinerobinson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New article in @lemonde.fr on experiences of workers on UK Seasonal Worker visa in agriculture inc. important testimony from workers. I spoke about @workersupportc.bsky.social 2024 findings on under-payment-workers reporting 12 hrs daily work with just 7-8 hrs pay. www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
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Le cauchemar des migrants employés dans les fermes britanniques
Pour remplacer les ouvriers agricoles européens chassés par le Brexit, le Royaume-Uni recrute en Indonésie, au Népal et en Asie centrale. A l’arrivée, ces travailleurs, qui se sont souvent endettés po...
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New Year New Job! WSC is advertising 3 exciting new roles. Policy and Participation Officer Peer Engagement Officer (Agriculture) Peer Engagement Caseworker (Care) Come and join us as we grow our reach and build worker power to prevent exploitation. workersupportcentre.org.uk/wsc-is-recru...
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WSC is recruiting! | Worker Support Centre
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Up for a new challenge in 2025? Join the Worker Support Centre! If you want to make a difference for workers, we're recruiting for three new roles: Policy and Participation Officer Peer Engagement Officer (Agriculture) Peer Engagement Caseworker (Care) workersupportcentre.org.uk/wsc-is-recru...
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WSC is recruiting! | Worker Support Centre
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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
🎉 As part of our International Migrants Day celebrations we are delighted to partner with the University of Westminster HOMELandS Centre for our exciting event on tomorrow marking how "Migration Makes Britain Great" Find out more, and register, using link below👇 www.migrantvoice.org/whats-on/joi...
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London: Join us to celebrate International Migrants Day 2024!
London: Join us to celebrate International Migrants Day 2024!
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Findings from our meeting with workers ➡️ UK seasonal agricultural work is hard & made harder if workers are not treated with fairness and respect, are un-represented & feel disposable. Solutions? 🤝 Workplace representation ✅ Enforce labour standards ⚖️ Ensure workers have dismissal rights
Conference outcome report: Here is what you need to know. Workers' experiences "it was a slave-master relationship" seasonal agricultural work is hard and made harder if workers are not treated with fairness and respect, if they don't have access to representation and they feel disposable.
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
In case you missed it: Statistics for July to September 2024 show health and care worker and student numbers continuing to fall | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/statistics-for-……
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Statistics for July to September 2024 show health and care worker and student numbers continuing to fall - Free Movement
The statistics for the period July to September 2024 have been published today, showing a very large drop in health and care worker visas, a lesser but still
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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
📰News! Today we launch our film & report from our groundbreaking Worker Power event on Safeguarding Workers on Temporary Migration Programmes together with workers, UN SR on slavery, @scottishgovernment.bsky.social & experts from across UK. Read here⬇️ workersupportcentre.org.uk/ground-break...
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Ground breaking meeting between seasonal agricultural workers and decision makers | Worker Support Centre
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