7 March 2012

Workfare

"Give us jobs NOT slave labour": On 3 March, Youth Fight for Jobs organised and took part in anti-workfare demos up and down the country

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5 March 2012

Workfare protests

For reports and pictures of the latest 'Youth Fight for Jobs' protests against the government's slave-labour workfare schemes, see: www.youthfightforjobs.com

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1 March 2012

Compulsion in 'work experience' scheme dropped

In another nail in the coffin of workfare, the government has dropped threats to stop benefits if people pull out part way through their 'work experience'

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1 March 2012

Youth Fight for Jobs says escalate protests for the scrapping of 'workfare' and the creation of decent jobs!

Following retreats by the government on its flagship ‘work experience’ schemes, YFJ has called a 'day of action' on Budget Day and is calling for trade unions and anti-workfare campaigns to jointly discuss organising a mass demo against slave labour in the summer

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29 February 2012

McWorkfare - "Let's campaign until it's stopped completely"

On Monday protesters were at McDonald's in Sheffield to voice disgust at the Con-Dems' forced labour schemes. Also read on for reports from Leeds, Birmingham and Wakefield

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22 February 2012

For real jobs - not workfare

As unemployment rises the vultures are circling. Among the biggest is Tesco. But they met huge opposition when they advertised a full-time, permanent position for which you would receive a meagre dole payment plus expenses

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