Canterbury cab company hires mostly UK visa holders
June 03 2010 by Liam Clifford
Cab firms represent a large proportion of uk visa holders
A cab company in Canterbury, Kent has been highlighted as an example of how employing foreign workers in the UK are often preferred to British workers.
The owner of Cab Co,
Robert Jones claims that he has hired more than 54 UK work visa holders hailing
from 42 different countries. He has, in the meantime, only employed 6 UK-born
drivers.
Although Jones is coming under fire from some critics, he claims
that the foreign workers are simply better employees than their British
counterparts, which is a response echoed by many other employers around the
country.
Jones explained: "The Englishman comes to work, gets to a
certain level and goes home."
"He doesn’t want to work any more than
that. They’re more than happy to be getting home. But the foreign boys will
carry on. If there’s a job, they’ll do it."
Jones claims that he employs
people from outside the EU and that all UK work visas are vetted by the local
council to ensure they are genuine before he takes them on.
One of the
drivers, Mustafa Ustabas from Turkey, said, “If you are willing to work and can
work legally, then nobody has the right to stop you.”
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