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(en) Britain, SolFed*, London Mayday 2012 - Against Workfare
Date
Sun, 15 Apr 2012 19:33:19 +0300
workfare ---- On Mayday we are calling on all those fighting back against the government's
austerity plans to join us in taking direct action against companies participating in the
workfare schemes. Instead of standing around and listening to speeches at the end of the
TUC march we will be heading straight into the West end to regroup and start taking
action. ---- Workfare is a range of government schemes that make people on benefits work
for their dole. The government and some in the media present it as a way of encouraging
people back into work by gaining experience. This ignores two things – first, there are
not enough jobs available for those who want them; and second, workfare placements
themselves are taking jobs away from paid workers.
The companies using workfare all make large profits. The work being done would need to be
done anyway. By getting forced labour to do it for free, the companies' profits will grow.
Their regular workers are often on low pay themselves and find their overtime cut and pay
held back because of the forced labour schemes.
Bosses prefer not having to pay for workers. Instead, we are all paying to subsidise their
profits. Protests have already forced some to pull out of the scheme. Let's make it all of
them.
Mayday became International Workers Day because of the anarchists killed by the US state
during the struggle for the eight-hour working day. Now we are struggling to ensure that
workers get paid and those out of work or unable to work are not forced to work for their
benefits.
We will be releasing a map of companies participating in the scheme over the next few
weeks. So when the march has finished, instead of standing around to listen to the likes
of Tony Benn bore on, head into the West end and start to target the companies benefiting
from forced labour!
South London Solidarity Federation
North London Solidarity Federation
https://london.indymedia.org/events/12040
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions/865
http://www.facebook.com/events/406395462721503/
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* Anarchosyndicalist
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