We’re not fooled by “Welfare to Work”: It means people forced to do unpaid work for multi-million pound companies such as Asda and Poundland. People risk losing the meagre £67 a week Jobseeker’s Allowance if they do not work for such companies without pay.
Conference speakers will include James Purnell, who introduced the idea of workfare under Labour, and the Tory peer Lord Freud, multi millionaire ex-banker and self styled ‘welfare expert’. This is a convention for those promoting the idea of an unpaid workforce, whilst making millions from it.
Join us as we make sure the conference doesn’t go as smoothly as planned!
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There can be some benefits
12.10.2011 17:13
However such placements arn't all bad. I work for a mental health charity that helps people with mental health problems get back into work, training or education and we were partnered with the Marks and Spencer's "Marks and Starts" programme.
Some of our clients took up work placement's at M&S and two of them have ended up getting full time paid jobs there.
To say all such placements are bad is off the mark.
Dan Factor
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12.10.2011 23:55
Boycotter
How many
13.10.2011 00:01
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