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Friday 23 January 2015

Zero hour contracts,ghost jobs and agency workers in England


Raj stays on Bruce road ,Bow road i east London and works at Medway mail centre in Rochester, south east England.as an agency worker of Angard staffing .Although he is on a zero hour contract ,he was had the opportunity to work 40 hours per week on a night shift over christmas 2014.

He spent half of his pay to travel to and from work but thinks that it is better to work than to live perpetually on benefits such as job-seekers allowance. He does the same work as Medways’s own staff, and often substitutes for their absences – but is on the minimum wage; they get more pay. They’re on a rota, while he has to wait by his phone for each shift.He has no sick pay entitlement.

Normally,Raj never knows when he will be working:in october 2014, he was contactedin the morning to be told he had 45 minutes to his next shift. Nor does he know where he will be working.Medway is over 50 miles by train, and the travel costs mean anything less than a eight -hour shift is the means his travelling expenses would exceed his pay for the shift . When he turns down suchan offer, the agency then uses a legal loophole to class him him as unavailable for work and denies him pay.
In his article" Ghost jobs, half lives: how agency workers ‘get by’ in Britain’s shadow economy,"
(www.the Guardian.com,Jan 21 2015) Aditya Chakrabortty,states that with "an estimated 1.2 million agency workers and another 600,000 on zero-hours contracts, and you have a shadow workforce of about 1.8 million unpeople, enjoying none of the security that should come with employment in a rich country."

In addition,he stresses that "they are never going to be helped by prime ministerial exhortations for a pay rise. As such, they form part of the answer to one of the major conundrums in Britain: what’s gone wrong in our labour market. This Wednesday will see the monthly ritual of a jobs report showing record employment, but meagre wage rises." The Christmas period was good for Raj but that is over now and a recent text message from his agency stated that there is virtually no work available and that he should consider going onannual leave.

This is the reality of the agency worker of today-sheer uncertainty.

Medway is a region and a unitary authority.It is located in the southeast of England and comprises of a collection of towns including Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, and Rainham.The unitary Authority was formed in 1998 when the City of Rochester-upon-Medway amalgamated with Gillingham borough Council and part of Kent County Council to form a unitary Council, a unitary authority independent of Kent County Council. In 2011,its population was estimated at 264,000,92 per cent of which were white.Blacks,Asians and mixed races comprised 8 per cent.

Saturday 14 September 2013

Seduction,Lust and manipulation-how forensic software solved murder

Mechelle Hughes , a mom and respecatble member of her community,otherwise known as Bobby Jo , a very attractive former stripper masterminded the murder of her fiance, Kent Leppink with the assistance of John Carlin IV, her lover who was an ex-marine and steelworker. As a stripper ,men showered her with money and presents.”Like all the dancers, Mechele had to reveal just enough of herself so the men would shower her with money and valuables , but hold back enough so they would come back for more.”
This is the story of a love triangle that ended tragically with murder.It was a cold case which was solved after ten years ,thanks to the latest advances in forensic software technology.
Mechelle wanted money and had no misgivings about how to get it-Kent's, $ 1 million insurance policy was modified after his murder to make her and John the beneficiaries of his estate. While John's passion for her meant he would do anything to have her.
This a story of seduction,lust and manipulation. Fleeman, Michael (2011-08-02). Seduced by Evil: The True Story of a Gorgeous Stripper-Turned-Suburban-Mom, Her Secret Past, and a Ruthless Murder St. Martin's Press. Kindle Edition.

Monday 5 August 2013

Why do people hate?

What the hell are you doing in this country?” was the last word that-Omar ,45 year old black man heard before being kicked in the stomach and falling to the ground at the Mariatoget underground train station south of stockholm by Oscar , the 39 year old nazi .He became unconscious as he was kicked once more in the head ,striking his head against the  stone floor when he tried to get It was the June 12 2008 and Omar had just finished watching a football match at Viking bar and on his way to catch a train home.At the same time,Oscar came out of a train and climbed up the escalator,making a Hitler salute with one hand pointing upwards,screaming ”seig heil” several times before he attacked Omar. It was an unprovoked attack just because of Omar's skin colour.”SMR(Svenska motstĂ„ndsrorelsen-Swedish resistance movement) hates,hates,hates all black men,”said Oscar when he was arrested later by the police.” I dont remember anything because I was very drunk,” when Oscar was asked by the police if the attack had been motivated by his hatred of foreigners. Omar later said that he was shocked by the attack and is afraid to go out. The greatest number of hate crimes are recorded in the county of Stockholm.1,014 hate incidents were recorded in 2007 which wass an increase of 16 per cent compared with 2006. Hate crimes often involve unprovoked attacks on people either of their sexual orientation or skin colour. Hate crimes can vary from vandalisation of property to murder.The commonest motive is hatred of foreigners.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

Search engine optimization and blogging

This is an excellent introduction and guide on how to raise your ranking on Google and other search engines. There are practical examples of how to achieve to achieve the through on-page/off-page optimization , link building,blogging,blog commenting and guest posting on other blogs.I highly recommend this gem for online marketing.

Monday 29 July 2013

When you love somebody who loves herself

Honey is always talking about
Her parties and promotions
Self inflation is the fashion of the day
With hundreds of pictures
On instagram or facebook
Daily film clips on Youtube
Seeking to be a microcelebrity
She has one million followers on Twitter
Are You following me on Twitter?
Facebook has a limit of five thousand friends But Honey would like to have more than that
Is that what they call narcissism?

Root causes of recent unrest in Stockholm

The riots in Husby which spread to other parts of Sweden in May can be attributed to several factors.Firstly,according to the far right the country,s borders are too open-about 14% of a population of about 10 million are immigrant or asylum seekers. Secondly,integration has been a failure.Young people born to immigrants complain of job discrimination. Thirdly,the far right Swedish Democrats party has become popular as Europe becomes increasingly uneasy about islamic extremism. In addition,the unemployment rate of around 8 per cent is double in the immigrant dominated areas such as Rinkeby or Husby and four times for those under 25 years of age.Frustration has worsened due to reports of racial profiling and police harassment or brutality. Finally,the widening gap between rich and poor in a country which used to be an example for equality and social harmony between social classes.

Sunday 28 July 2013

Beach fun

July is here
Its warm and sunny outside
As I gaze through my window
Took the bus to the beach
People all over as I changed
For a swim
Women showing more skin

In bikinis or hot pants
Long legs,tits,hips,thongs
Kids screaming in the water
Brown ducks floating
Still lukewarm in the water as I
Made my way step by step inside

Feeling the wind against my face
Its so relaxing as I dive into water
Deep inside the North sea
Gentle waves caressing my body
Its such a wonderful sensation
Moving in the ocean