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Jarrow marchers

Boff | 17.10.2011 18:17 | Workers' Movements

Have been walking for jobs for the past two weeks.

A handful of unemployed youngsters marching from Jarrow to London. These same people are candidates for the work programme aka workfare. Companies will make vast profits from the slave labour of these people. Tesco,poundland,Sainsburys to name a few conglomerates will "employ" these people for up to 35 hours a week for their benefit money for up to &67 pw. This is the same as a person given community service. All power to them for walking but I can`t see how they are going to change things. Time to take the fight to Chris Grayling & Ian Duncan Smith.

Boff