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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) @jrct.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The Worker Support Centre recently published their annual report, documenting another year of supporting workers, advancing labour rights and challenging exploitation. Read the report here: workersupportcentre.org.uk/app/uploads/...

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

On 12 May we launch our Annual Report on how workers who pick Scotland’s food & care for our loved ones are driving real change. It tells the story of how we are building a Scotland that welcomes every worker, together. Read more here: workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025-annual-...

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2025 Annual Report – Worker Support Centre

The workers who pick Scotland’s food and care for our loved ones are driving real change. Our new report tells the story of how we are building a Scotland that welcomes every worker, together.

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Caroline Robinson of @workersupportc.bsky.social said "It’s contradictory to introduce a new regulator for the purpose of reducing regulatory burdens. Labour enforcement has been decimated over the past 20 years by successive government cuts". www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch

Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“Have a heart and care for those who care for you.” Earlier this month we supported a meeting between Social care workers & the Scottish Government. They came to Scotland to do essential work but when the Home Office revoked their employers’ license to sponsor workers,many were left “displaced"

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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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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We're #hiring for two amazing roles! ⭐A Communications Manager to lead brand new @therobertsontrust.bsky.social funded three year hope based communications work at WSC. ✨A Policy & Participation Officer to support our policy work. Check out both & apply! workersupportcentre.org.uk/get-involved/

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Get involved – Worker Support Centre

Explore the ways you can support our work. This includes contributing funds that keep our vital services running, applying for roles with WSC or proposing a collaboration.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

We're hiring! Check out our Policy and Participation Officer role below! Come and join our amazing team and make a real contribution to welcoming every worker to Scotland and ending exploitation. Partner with incredible workers to make change happen, join a movement working for change.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

New Low Pay Commission (LPC) Report, (featuring much WSC evidence!) key findings for seasonal farm workers: - re-iterated that Gvt must ensure minimum standards for housing. - found payslip confusion contributes to lack of trust & transparency. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69807f...

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Come and meet our team and find out about our work in this short video. Our newsletter is out now, and features this lovely introduction to the team and how we make change happen together with workers. Check out the video & sign up for our newsletter! www.youtube.com/shorts/zuUD6...

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Come & meet the Worker Support Centre!

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goodmovesjobs.bsky.social @goodmovesjobs.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Policy and Participation Officer @workersupportc.bsky.social - advancing seasonal agricultural and social care workers’ rights by supporting WSC’s policy and advocacy work. 🕗Full time 💵£32,000 – £34,000 📍Perth Find out more at tinyurl.com/mwfuzmwv #Hybrid #Policy #Advocacy #Rights

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Policy and Participation Officer with The Worker Support Centre – Goodmoves

The Worker Support Centre (WSC) is a Scotland based charity. We partner with people who have come to the UK to work on visas or temporary contracts. We provide advice to secure their rights, en...

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

We spoke to @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social for this piece on social care staff shortages. "Caroline Robinson [..] told The Herald that some care workers become displaced “overnight” [..] workers are “being penalised” because their employers lost their licence." 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 · 19/12/2025

It was good to hear The First minister mention Worker Support Centre in his response to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social on seasonal farm worker housing conditions yesterday at FMQs, but workers need urgent action to ensure standards are in place BEFORE the May elections & the 2026 picking season.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Today BBC reports on one worker's experience of squalid housing on a UK farm. People who pick our food deserve the same basic right as anyone else: a safe, warm place to live. We're calling for urgent implementation of standards for farm worker housing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Fruit farm workers living in 'unsafe' and 'damp' caravans

A video shows some fruit farm workers living in damp, overcrowded and unsafe caravans.

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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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Living Wage Scotland @livingwagescotland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Help shape the future of social care in Scotland. Join others committed to making a difference & take our short, anonymous survey now. Your voice matters. 👉 bit.ly/48CxbC1 #SocialCare #YourVoiceMatters #CareSector

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Thanks! This is the result of tireless effort from the workers with whom we partner, who've spent precious time sharing their views with politicians & gvt on how the UK can ensure seasonal farm worker housing is safe, affordable & warm. Now we work for strong standards that are enforced for all.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

This is something we've raised since "day one" rights were first mentioned. Farm workers here on temporary visas remain without unfair dismissal protections-even when returning every year. Last yr we had 145 dismissal cases: used as a threat, used when people complain, used to maintain power.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

How do we create labour enforcement standards that protect all workers in Scotland as the UK's new Fair Work Agency comes into view? Tomorrow we’re bringing together regulators, trade unions & experts to discuss. Read more about this work here: workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/11/25/c...

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Creating a labour enforcement standard to protect all workers in Scotland – Worker Support Centre

On Wednesday 26 November 2025, the Worker Support Centre (WSC) will bring together regulators, trade unions and frontline organisations to answer a central question: what should effective labour enfor...

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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot @scga.scot · 21/11/2025

🆕Seasonal agricultural workers: co-creating resources to enhance rights’ awareness. Report on an event funded by an SCGA engagement award. @workersupportc.bsky.social scga.scot/2025/11/21/s...

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The seasonal worker visa’s structure impedes union organising, with workers in the country for no longer than six months. But with the scheme ongoing since the 2019 pilot and looking like it’s here to stay, it makes sense to ask whether major unions could be doing more to overcome these challenges

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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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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) @jrct.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Last week, the @workersupportc.bsky.social (WSC) was featured on a BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Abused for Our Food’ which exposed the reality faced by seasonal farm workers in the UK. You can visit the WSC website to listen to the programme in full. workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/10/24/w...

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WSC featured on BBC programme about seasonal farm workers in the UK – Worker Support Centre

This Wednesday 22nd October BBC File on 4 Investigates broadcast a programme about the treatment …

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Apparent proposals to reintroduce employment tribunal fees - last seen in 2013 under the Con-Dem coalition and scrapped following a successful challenge by UNISON - stand to undermine improvements (to some areas) in the Employment Rights Bill @timsharp.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/dont-l...

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Don't let tribunal fees undermine the government's Plan to Make Work Pay

The government’s Plan to Make Work Pay promises stronger protections for workers, but apparent proposals to reintroduce employment tribunal fees risk undermining that progress.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is really important work… Labour’s Employment Rights Bill may well transform workers’ rights. But only if people can access justice and enforcement of remedies can’t be dodged. Do you really have rights at all, if the barriers to asserting them are so difficult to overcome?

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

New report on @scga.bsky.social co-developed by us with students and academics @uofglasgow.bsky.social as part of a project to understand seasonal agricultural workers' rights and entitlements in relation to their 💸 Pay and ✈️ visas In Scotland. ⬇️ Check it out at the link below.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🌱 Who wants to work a 12-hour day and be paid for eight? No one, yet we found widespread underpayment of seasonal farm workers. So we're 💻 calling for policy change & 📝 equipping workers with tools to evidence time & pay. Check our our new post! workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/10/02/m...

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Making sure all farm workers are paid for the hours they work – Worker Support Centre

Launching our brand new guide: Know your rights and evidence your work.

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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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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

🏡 New WSC blog: Housing Many seasonal farm workers live in cold, unsafe caravans without legal protections. Last night Cab Sec for Housing, @mairimcallan.bsky.social confirmed the Scottish Government’s commitment to closing this gap. Read our response! workersupportcentre.org.uk/resources/on...

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One year of action by and for workers on seasonal worker housing – Worker Support Centre

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We are recruiting! WSC is looking for a new Community Engagement Officer in Perth and Kinross to work with local community groups, organisations and individuals and to connect workers to support that exists locally. Check out the role and share widely: workersupportcentre.org.uk/2025/09/19/w...

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WSC is recruiting a Community Engagement Officer to work on our new Building Bridges project – Worker Support Centre

We all want to feel safe, valued and respected at work – no matter who …

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today we're proud to share 3 major milestones: 🤝 Launching our new Worker Power stream, standing in solidarity with carers who've come to the UK to look after our loved ones. 🌱 A brand new website & look - link in bio! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Opening our new office in Perth, in the heart of Scotland.

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Big news from WSC: Standing in solidarity with the workers who care for us – Worker Support Centre

The Worker Support Centre is really proud to make three big announcements today. We believe …

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Thanks to @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social & @brianleishmanmp.bsky.social for joining workers on Scotland's farms & our team to hear experiences of seasonal farm work & for sharing updates on the campaign to make seasonal workers' homes safe.

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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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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

New: joint Seasonal Worker Interest Group response to UK Gvt co-commissioned research on an Employer Pays Principle for workers in seasonal agriculture workersupportcentre.org.uk/wp-content/u... We need a safe & ethical scheme that doesn't place seasonal agricultural workers at risk of debt bondage

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Work Rights Centre @workrights.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

We make this statement as a member of the Seasonal Worker Interest Group, alongside our colleagues at @focusonlabour.bsky.social @workersupportc.bsky.social @landworkersuk.bsky.social @fairsq.bsky.social @antislavery.org and ATLEU

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Lovely note of the meeting between WSC Ops Manager Valeria Ragni, & Outreach Caseworker, Iryna Pakhil & the Kincardine & Mearns CAB @citizensadvicescot.bsky.social here: www.kamcab.org.uk/news/week-no... Our work is made so much stronger by the partnerships we build across Scotland & the UK.

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Week Notes- 21st March 25 | Kincardine and Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau

Week Note 21st March 25 In amongst the usual flurry of a working week I always like to pick up the Golden Nuggets that appear amongst the fast-flowing river of week and the Theme that emerges this wee...

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Yesterday we opened our new office at WASPS Creative Exchange in Perth! (come & visit!) This involved building furniture, rehoming beautiful plants, setting up kebab, music & seats & having a lovely AGM and party. Heres a wee glimpse from our mini staff & Trustees photo shoot in the new office.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

New by @mellino.bsky.social UK Gvt commissioned report explores "Employer Pays Principle" for agricultural worker recruitment costs. WSC Director @carolinerobinson.bsky.social "raised concerns that some of the report’s proposals, like introducing a loan system, could in fact worsen exploitation"

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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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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 19/05/2025

We cannot uphold human rights for some and not others. Workers’ rights are fundamentally intertwined with migrant rights.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We've supported @antislavery.org & colleagues in condemning divisive rhetoric on migration & the attempt to brand a hostile migration policy as an anti-exploitation strategy. As we said when the Imm' White Paper came out, exploitation is tackled by upholding labour rights,not by punishing migrants

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Net migration has fallen by almost 50% according to today's new ONS figures, at 431,000 for the year ending Dec 2024, down from 860,000 for the same period a year earlier. It has fallen by 297,000 since the last ONS figures 6 months ago, for YE June 2024. Reaction to follow.

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Emiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

"I am being made to decide between staying in a country that treats my labour as indentured servitude or move to one that values my contribution. With each statement made by this government, it becomes clearer which choice I should make." www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

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Opinion: Migrant workers prop up the UK’s social care system. Now…

Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The Immigration White Paper says "High levels of migration can also result in widespread labour exploitation" Yet it never broaches a prevention strategy, suggesting the migration system is both cause & solution. This is not the case, & those of us working to prevent exploitation know it.

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Tied-accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers was discussed in the Scottish Parliament today with the Housing Minister acknowledging the gap in oversight. Urgent action is now essential to close this loophole. @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social here has consistently raised this issue.

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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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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Have you seen our new blog on PAY? 54 seasonal agricultural workers reported non-payment of wages to us in 2024 & so WSC's Valeria Ragni reviewed 38 payslips from 11 different farms to see whether workers' time was accounted for. This is what she found: workersupportcentre.org.uk/time-to-make...

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Time to make work pay | Worker Support Centre

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Worker Support Centre @workersupportc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

And another sad loss for Holyrood in 2026, @richardleonardmsp.bsky.social who has strongly advocated for the rights of seasonal agricultural workers. Workers have met Richard & he has spent time with, listened to & advocated for them. Rare and deeply significant. www.holyrood.com/news/view,ex...

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Ex-Labour leader Richard Leonard to step down from Scottish Parliament

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