Tag archives for Workfare
Disabled campaigners reveal Labour's own forced labour scheme
Today, Labour MPs abstained on draconian emergency legislation being rushed through by Iain Duncan Smith to allow the government to keep benefits they withdrew because claimants failed to keep up…
Now Labour support law to deny compensation to victims of unlawful Workfare
Take action: this Bill is before the Commons TODAY (Tuesday 19 March). Caroline Lucas' office has confirmed to us that a group of MPs will be trying to push it…
Greens win Edinburgh council stand against Workfare
Workfare - forcing people to work on pain of withdrawal of benefits - has formed a core part of the Coalition's work strategy. It massages unemployment figures and provides a…
An Open Letter to the Salvation Army
Dear Salvation Army My name is Liz, I grew up in the Salvation Army - so did my dad and his dad, and my mum and her mum. I became…
Edinburgh stores occupied to oppose workfare schemes
Demonstrators in Edinburgh took direct action on the 31st March Britain-wide day of action against workfare. Protestors occupied British Heart Foundation for an hour then invaded Poundstretcher – both heavily involved in the…
Edinburgh Tescos invaded by anti-workfare protestors
Demonstrators opposing compulsory work for benefits invaded two branches of Tescos and picketed Poundstretcher and British Heart Foundation in Edinburgh today Saturday 3rd March. Police dragged protestors out of Tescos,…
Workfare to be challenged in the courts.
Workfare is a programme whereby anyone who has been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for 6 months can be sent to work for major multinational companies like Tesco, Poundland and Sainsbury’s…