anon

i agree, its is really hard for young and old to get jobs, houses etc.........i do believe that its is good to be open to incomers but when we shetlanders are struggling to get these all important jobs it is crucial that we support our own first, trying our hardest to keep these youngsters here....its not that i disagree with foreigners getting jobs but its when they take over and with regards to the gardening job, its outrageous that someone from south was needed to fill this position which i am sure many shetland based people were capable of doing. anon

[mod]thread titled "Migrant Workers and the European Union" merged with "Shetland's cultural diversity and integration" at this point - 29/03/2008[/mod] [mod]thread name changed from - look after our own - to be more descriptive of the content[/mod] Whatever is happening in Shetland today. We are not racist, but feel we should look after our own first. we know for a fact this is not happening, as foreigners are getting jobs over our own, also a council job, a (grass cutter) came in the Shetland times. Guess who got the job-not one of our own but a council worker from down south,who will have to be rehoused here. We do not think this is fair. please,please look after your own first. They will all disappear and we will be left to pick up the peices. Come on Shetlanders, stand against this injustice. Anon.