put to work


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He said:"The UK is still seen as a desirable place to come for employment opportunities, and this can lead to, as it has previously, criminal gangs exploiting people as they're put to work, often in horrendous working and living conditions.
There are plenty of policies on the economy, education, health and austerity that can be put to work in the cause of Scotland if there is a bit more cross-party co-operation.
In the future, stable, dexterous robots like the Spot Mini could be put to work in dangerous environments and conflict zones to prevent humans from being exposed to risk.
Gold should be put to work for the Indian economy, creating jobs, developing skills, generating exports and revenues, the World Gold Council, or WGC, said on Saturday, unveiling its Vision 2020 for the industry.
Delivered fully assembled, the lifts can be put to work immediately upon delivery.
Last summer groups of up to six offenders were put to work at the Ty Hyll Honeybee Initiative, near Capel Curig.
His owls, falcons and peregrines are finding specialist work in a psychiatric unit, and are put to work with young mums with low self-esteem.
OFFENDERS armed with paintbrushes and bin bags were put to work cleaning up a Solihull street as part of the Community Payback scheme.
British hero Alistair Urquhart was imprisoned by the Japanese, tortured, put to work in an environment that killed pretty much everybody he knew and was then transferred to Nagasaki.
World War Two's Luckiest Man: Revealed Channel 5, 8pm Only Channel 5 could use the word 'lucky' to describe a man who was imprisoned by the Japanese, tortured, put to work in an environment that killed pretty much everybody he knew and then transferred to Nagasaki.
The gang promised the eastern Europeans wages and accommodation but when they arrived in the UK they were put to work in harsh conditions, often beaten or threatened, and given "inhuman" accommodation, Northampton Crown Court heard.
Now in an updated and expanded second edition featuring a new introduction and afterword, Put To Work: The WPA and Public Employment in the Great Depression chronicles the history of the juggernaut job-creation programs of the 1930's, including the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and the Civil Works Administration.
This PoW camp had served as accommodation for German prisoners who were put to work on the farms of Northumberland.