I promised myself I wouldn't post on this thread as I would probably end up ranting.
I failed
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Bagpuss
If the companies are employing peole under minimum wage it is ILLEGAL. Name and shame then they can be done. I know investigators who work for HMRC so name and sahme and I'll tell them.
As regards Poles, Romanians, Slovenians, Lithuanians et al "stealing" our jobs, that is b*llsh*t. You can't blame them for taking jobs offered.
It's the comapanies your ire should be aimed at. They are the scum who sacked you and took on cheap labour in the same way that companies close businesses down here and open sweat shops in Vietnam.
At the moment you look like a vitriolic racist. Aim your anger at the cause not the symptom.