UK immigrants plan one-day strike to protest post-Brexit racism

by Ben Reilly Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:22 pm

Britain sometimes feels like a very different place since the EU referendum. While the country struggles to work out what it voted for on June 23, anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise, and there's been a spike in the number of hate crimes.

That said, xenophobic attitudes are as likely to be found in the corridors of Westminster as they are on the streets. Government ministers have taken to describing EU citizens living in the UK as bargaining chips. Companies have been warned they will be asked to produce lists of foreign workers.

Matthew Carr has had enough. He's one of the organizers of One Day Without Us—a day of action aimed at reminding the public and politicians of the positive impacts of immigration on British society.

On February 20, 2017, migrants and their supporters are being invited to walk out of work and college, to shut down restaurants, and to make clear their contribution to British society through their absence. I caught up with Carr to find out more.

VICE: What made you decide to do something about this?
Matthew Carr: For more than two decades, there's been this degenerative debate about immigration, in which it's only treated by much of the media as a negative problem—as a burden. This was bad enough before the Brexit referendum. I don't accuse those who voted for Brexit as wanting this to happen, but it has legitimized xenophobia and other racist attitudes that were once out on the fringe.

What happened at the Tory Party conference was pretty much the worst and most toxic manifestation of xenophobia I think I've ever seen. Government ministers saying employers would be named and shamed for employing foreign workers? You had minister after minister demeaning and insulting people who have done nothing more than come and work here. So the Tory Party conference made me think something needs to happen.

http://www.vice.com/read/one-day-without-us-brexit-britian-matthew-carr

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:36 pm

I hope any that walk out of work are suitably punished as per the law on unofficial strikes.

of course they will have had a ballot and secured the whatever %age of votes needed, and I assume they have given the necessary period of notice to their employer.... wont they?

oh...no....then the employer can and should sack em....

I assume if they mount pickets they will be beaten up by riot police and hauled of and charged with public order offences?

ONE law for all in the land....or are we once again out to make a special exemption for them????
as we do on almost any and every issue they demand???

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:38 pm

oh ...and BTW ALL of this is the poor migrants reaping what the degenerate left have sown.....

by Andy Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:40 pm

You'll be fucked trying to get your latte and chocolate chip muffin after all the eastern European baristas have walked out or been sacked.

by The Devil, You Know Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:46 pm

Ben Reilly wrote:
Britain sometimes feels like a very different place since the EU referendum. While the country struggles to work out what it voted for on June 23, anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise, and there's been a spike in the number of hate crimes.

That said, xenophobic attitudes are as likely to be found in the corridors of Westminster as they are on the streets. Government ministers have taken to describing EU citizens living in the UK as bargaining chips. Companies have been warned they will be asked to produce lists of foreign workers.

Matthew Carr has had enough. He's one of the organizers of One Day Without Us—a day of action aimed at reminding the public and politicians of the positive impacts of immigration on British society.

On February 20, 2017, migrants and their supporters are being invited to walk out of work and college, to shut down restaurants, and to make clear their contribution to British society through their absence. I caught up with Carr to find out more.

VICE: What made you decide to do something about this?
Matthew Carr: For more than two decades, there's been this degenerative debate about immigration, in which it's only treated by much of the media as a negative problem—as a burden. This was bad enough before the Brexit referendum. I don't accuse those who voted for Brexit as wanting this to happen, but it has legitimized xenophobia and other racist attitudes that were once out on the fringe.

What happened at the Tory Party conference was pretty much the worst and most toxic manifestation of xenophobia I think I've ever seen. Government ministers saying employers would be named and shamed for employing foreign workers? You had minister after minister demeaning and insulting people who have done nothing more than come and work here. So the Tory Party conference made me think something needs to happen.

http://www.vice.com/read/one-day-without-us-brexit-britian-matthew-carr

you do understand that those here legally are being allowed to stay, so surely their contribution is being recognised. this is just another tawdry attempt by the left to destroy the country

by The Devil, You Know Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:48 pm

Handy Andy wrote:You'll be fucked trying to get your latte and chocolate chip muffin after all the eastern European baristas have walked out or been sacked.

isn't it the hypocrites on the left that spend their time moaning on their ipads in starbucks. I seem to remember the sea of starbucks coffee cups left behind after the occupy protests. #IronyKlaxon

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:51 pm

Handy Andy wrote:You'll be fucked trying to get your latte and chocolate chip muffin after all the eastern European baristas have walked out or been sacked.

since I dont subscribe to that emasculated lefty luvvie trendy "thing"....I'm not gonna cry about it.....

by Major Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:05 pm

Let them strike, rounded up and get rid of them so our own whte asses can get a job so my tax bill goes down.

by Guest Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:09 pm

Major wrote:Let them strike, rounded up and get rid of them so our own whte asses can get a job so my tax bill goes down.

And the British whose arses are not white?

by eddie Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:19 pm

Firstly vic, it's a free country so they can strike if they wish, at least they should be able to.

Secondly, it might make some people see that there are a lot of migrants that are actually working hard and paying taxes.

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:25 pm

eddie wrote:Firstly vic, it's a free country so they can strike if they wish, at least they should be able to.

I think you will find the law has a different view , you know , what with compusary ballots and % of votes etc......
Of course I realise that those who love our immigrants so much ONLY want those laws to apply to our own workers and NOT them

Secondly, it might make some people see that there are a lot of migrants that are actually working hard and paying taxes.

by eddie Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:31 pm

I did say they should be able to, I don't know the law and couldn't be arsed to check.

by Guest Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:42 pm

I do hope those in the working for the NHS join it, that will really show people how much they do.

by The Devil, You Know Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:57 pm

Ziz wrote:
Major wrote:Let them strike, rounded up and get rid of them so our own whte asses can get a job so my tax bill goes down.

And the British whose arses are not white?

they can be employed as well.

by The Devil, You Know Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:58 pm

eddie wrote:Firstly vic, it's a free country so they can strike if they wish, at least they should be able to.

Secondly, it might make some people see that there are a lot of migrants that are actually working hard and paying taxes.

except there are laws that require adhering to when striking

by The Devil, You Know Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:00 pm

sassy wrote:Well, if you post as that person on Flap, I have been told by more than one person that you used it. I hope they are wrong and you haven't, because I would find that very upsetting.

this is a clear breach of the rules, rules I had to follow when I removed the link to my forum when asked by a mod because someone kept whining about it.

this is about the 6th or 7th instance from sassy and andwew tonight alone

by eddie Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:19 pm

Sassy you cannot start referring to other poster's supposed ID's on other forums and what they may or may not have said.

Seriously, this is getting fucking stupid and you're breaking a rule. You need to retract the comment if you want to play fair.

by nicko Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:35 pm

The comments she makes, she' should have been pulled up for them long ago, but she's one of the "protected" isn't she?

by veya_victaous Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:39 pm

nicko wrote:The comments she makes, she' should have been pulled up for them long ago, but she's one of the "protected" isn't she?

just like you nicko just like you

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by Guest Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:51 pm

What exactly are these fortunate folk protected against - radiation? scratch

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:57 pm

aliens...they all have tinfoil hats supplied by the management.........

by Victorismyhero Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:58 pm

by Tommy Monk Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:25 am

sassy wrote:I do hope those in the working for the NHS join it, that will really show people how much they do.

There are only about 50,000 eu nationals working in the NHS... and considering the amount of eu nationals in the country... it's a relatively small number...

by 'Wolfie Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:48 am

Ziz wrote:
Major wrote:
Let them strike, rounded up and get rid of them so our own whte asses can get a job so my tax bill goes down.

And the British whose arses are not white?

I would take Major's endless whining more seriously if only he actually paid a serious level of taxation !!!

by nicko Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:06 am

Veya, what comments?

by veya_victaous Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:16 am

nicko wrote:Veya, what comments?

Constant propoganda and False outrage at British Facts. Rolling Eyes

most of your posts are merely statements about other posters, rarely do you discuss the OP

You ARE Most definitily Protected...
of that you can be assured Laughing

far more so than Sassy or HA.

by nicko Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:35 am

Total bollocks.

by veya_victaous Thu Oct 13, 2016 5:46 am

what is total Bollocks is You, accusing anyone else of being protected. Wink

by nicko Thu Oct 13, 2016 6:35 am

by Major Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:18 pm

The Devil, You Know wrote:
Ziz wrote:

And the British whose arses are not white?
they can be employed as well.

If ya ass ain't white ya ain't British IMO. agreed.

by Ben Reilly Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:02 pm

Major wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
Ziz wrote:

And the British whose arses are not white?
they can be employed as well.

If ya ass ain't white ya ain't British IMO. agreed.

So someone whose family has been in England for 200 years but isn't white, isn't British?

by Raggamuffin Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:07 pm

eddie wrote:Firstly vic, it's a free country so they can strike if they wish, at least they should be able to.

Secondly, it might make some people see that there are a lot of migrants that are actually working hard and paying taxes.

It is a free country, but they could be sacked for unauthorised absence from work - like anyone else.

by Guest Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:08 pm

The Devil, You Know wrote:
Ziz wrote:

And the British whose arses are not white?
they can be employed as well.

As well as what?

by Ben Reilly Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:36 am

Ben Reilly wrote:
Major wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
Ziz wrote:

And the British whose arses are not white?
they can be employed as well.

If ya ass ain't white ya ain't British IMO. agreed.

So someone whose family has been in England for 200 years but isn't white, isn't British?

by veya_victaous Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:44 am

Major wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
Ziz wrote:

And the British whose arses are not white?
they can be employed as well.

If ya ass ain't white ya ain't British IMO. agreed.

You are racist
you can never complain about being called racist by the above statement.

the fact you are racist is unquestionable.

by Ben Reilly Fri Oct 14, 2016 6:33 am

They hate that word but it's the only thing that describes them!

by nicko Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:01 am

Who's "them"?

by eddie Fri Oct 14, 2016 7:45 am

So major, Eastern Europeans have white arses, are they British?
Are they okay to stay?

by The Devil, You Know Fri Oct 14, 2016 11:59 am

Major wrote:
The Devil, You Know wrote:
they can be employed as well.

If ya ass ain't white ya ain't British IMO. agreed.

then you would be very wrong.

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