Wednesday 22 October 2008

Semneaza petitia pentru dreptul la munca in Marea Britanie si trimite mai departe!

Societatea Romanca din Marea Britanie a initiat in urma cu o luna o petitie adresata lui Gordon Brown, Prim Ministru al Guvernului Britanic, solicitind luarea unei decizii favorabile pentru acordarea dreptului de munca pentru romanii din aceasta tara.
Petitia a fost acceptata si publicata pe websitul oficial al primului ministru, fiind disponibila online la adresa : http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Rights-for-work/.

Societatea Romanca considera binevenita petitia initiata de Ziarului Roman in UK si o sustine nemijlocit, promovind in acelasi timp si petitia de fata initiata de catre membrii societatii.

Aceasta initiativa a Societatii Romanca se alatura eforturilor comunitatii romanesti din Marea Britanie de a sensibiliza forurile de decizie prin aceasta petitie care e adresata direct Guvernului Britanic, avind in acest fel vizibilitate maxima.

Petitia initiata de Societatea Romanca poate fii semnata accesind urmatorul link:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Rights-for-work/

Cei care doresc sa semneze fizic aceasta petitie o pot face la :
1.Magazinul Romania Food Centre din Edgeware Road, Londra.
2.TASS, Birou de consultanta financiara, Suite 218, Tudorleaf Business Centre,2-8 Fountayne Road,London,N15 4QL
3.Diaspora Romaneasca, Suite 220, Tudorleaf Business Centre,2-8 Fountayne Road,London, N15 4QL

Textul petitiei se afla mai jos cerind in mod expres eliminarea masurilor discriminatorii pentru romani si acordarea dreptului la munca in Marea Britanie.

Daca sustineti petitia noastra va rugam sa o semnati, utilizind daca e cazul, adresa Societatii Romanca (1 Marshall House, 2 Dorncliffe Road ,Londra, SW6 5LF) si sa o trimiteti mai departe celor interesati.
Termenul limita de stringere a minim 200 semnaturi este 14 noiembrie 2008.
Va multumim pentru sustinere.


Your petition reads:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Change the
status of Romanian labour force in UK

The Rt Honourable Gordon Brown, PC, MP Prime Minister 10
Downing Street London

Dear Prime Minister,

The Romanian community in the UK is aware of the efforts being
made by specialist organisations to gather information and
statistics in order to assist the UK Government make an
informed and balanced decision regarding access to the UK
labour market by Romanian citizens. Romania has worked hard
both in the run-up to its EU accession in 2007, and in the post
accession period to strive for genuine integration at a
European level. However, the current position of the UK
government is to treat Romanian nationals differently from
other EU citizens. Under its current ruling, Romanian citizens
are only permitted to work in the UK in the agricultural and
food industry sectors. We believe this measure is
discriminatory as it denies Romanian citizens their basic human
rights under EU law. We therefore urge the UK government to
rescind this discriminatory regulation at the earliest date
possible and restore to Romanian workers their legal right to
mobility across EU borders.

Thank you, Ionela Flood,Romanca Society,London, UK

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Rights-for-work/

If you support our petition please access the link above and sign it.
Please forward this e-mail to all may be interested.

Regards,

Ionela Flood
Chair
Romanca Society,
SW6 5LF
London, UK
www.romanca.co.uk
Telephone: 0044 20 77 36 86 68
Mobile: 0044 75 15 25 35 84
E-mail:ionela@talktalk.net

Thursday 9 October 2008

Market research

Hello,

I would like to invite you to take part in a market research .

Criteria are :


- 4 men and 4 women, romanian people
- Mix of older and younger (aged 20-60)
- Mix of working and not working; + working at different kinds of jobs
- Some people who are born in Romania; Some who are born in Uk but their parents or grandparents were born in Romania
- Half who have lived in Uk for less than 5 years and half who have lived in UK for more than 5 years
- All to speak good English as group discussion will be in English. All to also be speaking in their mother tongue within their community
- All to have mobile phones that they use regularly - every 2-3 days
- All to call family and friends who live abroad/home country atleast once a week
- Mix of contract and pay as you go
- 2-3 to have O2 as their network; others to have different networks
- 4 to use calling cards; mix of different companies
- 4 to not use calling cards but are open to using them
- All not to have taken part in phone research before

They can bring friends or family who fit this criteria with them.
Each person gets paid £35 for 1.5 hour discussion. Refreshments provided.
Discussion to take place on 23rd october, at 8.30 - 10.00pm.
Location - to be confirmed .

Each person gets paid £35 for taking part in the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Kiran Sharma
01932 241743
0783 5088909

Market research

Hello,

I would like to invite you to take part in a market research .

Criteria are :


- 4 men and 4 women, romanian people
- Mix of older and younger (aged 20-60)
- Mix of working and not working; + working at different kinds of jobs
- Some people who are born in Romania; Some who are born in Uk but their parents or grandparents were born in Romania
- Half who have lived in Uk for less than 5 years and half who have lived in UK for more than 5 years
- All to speak good English as group discussion will be in English. All to also be speaking in their mother tongue within their community
- All to have mobile phones that they use regularly - every 2-3 days
- All to call family and friends who live abroad/home country atleast once a week
- Mix of contract and pay as you go
- 2-3 to have O2 as their network; others to have different networks
- 4 to use calling cards; mix of different companies
- 4 to not use calling cards but are open to using them
- All not to have taken part in phone research before

They can bring friends or family who fit this criteria with them.
Each person gets paid £35 for 1.5 hour discussion. Refreshments provided.
Discussion to take place on 23rd october, at 8.30 - 10.00pm.
Location - to be confirmed .

Each person gets paid £35 for taking part in the project.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,
Kiran Sharma
01932 241743
0783 5088909

Tuesday 7 October 2008

ARHIVA

OPEN LETTER TO TONY BLAIR 2006

Dear Prime Minister Tony Blair,

Free movement of Romanian workers in the UK after 1 January 2007

The Romanian community in the UK welcomes the consistent support that you and your Government have granted to Romania’s preparations for accession to the EU. We urge you to continue to follow your policies and beliefs and take the decision to open UK’s labour market to Romanian citizens once Romania becomes full member of the EU in January 2007.

We are writing to you on behalf of thousands of taxpayers of Romanian origin, who have contributed to the astounding economic success that Britain has experienced under your leadership. Moreover, the members of our community have always taken an active role in the development of the British-Romanian economic, political and social links and they will continue to consolidate these links in the future.
We are deeply concerned about the denigrating campaign of the past weeks in the British media that does significant harm to the true image of Romania. The numbers of Romanians who intend to come to work in the UK after 1 January 2007 have been highly exaggerated. After all, Romania has a booming economy and is already experiencing a shortage of labour. These trends, coupled with the economic incentives that will be created by EU entry and structural funds, are conducive to job creation and higher salaries. Consequently, the incentives for Romanians to work abroad will be significantly diminished.

We believe that our arguments in favour of opening up the British labour market to Romanians deserve consideration. Firstly, we believe that allowing free movement of Romanian workers into the UK will contribute to economic growth in both countries. Secondly, this decision will prevent and drastically reduce incentives for illegal labour and exploitation. And last but not least, it will further enrich the relationship between Romania and Great Britain as NATO allies and EU partners.

It is a fact that the growing British economy needs an inflow of labour to cover a variety of sectors in the labour market. Studies have already proven the positive effect of the influx of workers from A8 countries to the British economy. The same studies have downplayed the alleged negative effects of Romanian immigrants on the British social welfare system. According to the British law, workers coming from the A2 countries would not be entitled to social benefits after 1 January 2007. Moreover, the typical Romanian immigrant is mainly young and single, therefore, it is unlikely that he/she would overburden the UK education and health system - as it has been alleged.

As you recently stated in the opening of the TUC conference the immigrants from the A8 countries ‘have helped and not been burden’. We strongly believe that this will remain true if Romanians gain access to the UK labour market after they join the EU.
In the light of these arguments, we urge you once more to grant Romanians free access to the British labour market beginning with 1 January 2007 and thus, give us the chance to contribute to the cultural richness and diversity of Great Britain, whom we respect and take as an example.

Yours faithfully,


Mrs. Ionela Flood
Romanca Society

Mrs. Anne-Marie Visoianu
Romanian Christian Orthodox Parish ‘St. Makarios the Great’

Mr. Victor Craciun
Liga Culturala pentru Unitatea Romanilor de Pretutindeni

Mrs. Simona Tatulescu-Cighir
Mr. Corneliu Tatulescu-Cighir
London Resources Ltd(Romanian Community Business Growth Link)

Mr. Adrian Cherciu
Romani Online Ltd - www.Romani-Online.co.uk

Mr. Razvan Novacovschi
Oxford Romanian Cultural Society

Dr. Tudor Toma
Societatea medicala Romana din UK

Mrs. Anne Marie Martin
Bel Management Ltd.

Mrs. Cristina Irimie,
Mr. Inno Brezeanu,
Romani in UK – “ Roman in UK “ publication, www.romani.co.uk

Mrs Sorana Parvulescu
Romanian LSE SU Society

Mr. Daniel Furculesteanu
Romani in UK
Olympia Handball Club
The Romanian Students' Society - University of Westminster

Mrs. Anda Anastasescu
LONDON SCHUBERT PLAYERS TRUST

Mr. Serban Cantacuzino
Pro Patrimonio