Working conditions for Bulgarian workers found to be illegal
1 When did a gangmaster lose his licence?
2 Why?
3 What connection is there between this and the supermarkets Tesco and Morrisons?
4 What phrase indicates that we have already read or heard about the conditions these workers were sometimes being forced to endure?
5 What two details are given about their accommodation?
6 Can you give further details about their sleeping arrangements?
7 What details are given regarding their economic circumstances?
8 What details are given regarding their food?
9 This exploitation is a ‘malpractice’. When does it tend to happen and remain hidden?
10 What are Baltic Work Team, Elite and Southern England Farms?
11 What had the gangmaster of Baltic Work Team done to start this process of exploitation?
12 How was the gangmaster of Elite Labour Services involved?
13 What is the name of the company which actually had ‘major contracts with Tesco and Morrisons‘?
14 What was the reaction from the supermarket giants Tesco and Morrisons?
15 What did the supermarkets say of the GLA, the Gangmaster Licensing Act (which sets out the terms and conditions of employment of casual workers)?
16 Who informed the Guardian newspaper and the Gangmaster Licensing Agency?
17 What is the informal phrasal verb used here meaning to alert?
18 What phrase tells you this is happening ‘a lot‘?
19 The reporter Felicity Lawrence says "Come on guys!" – what does this phrase signal here?
20 What does she consider widespread – endemic?
21 What is her point about the fact that the firm has been ‘caught out’?
22 Who was Andris Tiltnieks?
23 When did the Guardian newspaper speak to him?
24 What did he say about the allegations?
25 What has been revoked?
26 Has this happened before?
27 What for?
27 Why was he still trading?
28 What phrase tells you that this time he has had to stop trading at once?
29 Why has his treatment been ‘so harsh’?
To read more about this on the Guardian website