Jazzratt
19th March 2010, 17:25
Meet at the Clock Tower at 10:30am Wednesday 24th March.
Maximus have been subcontracted by CDG – a registered charity – to take on ‘Welfare to Work.’ They are responsible for setting up job search workshops, interviews and presentations. Interviews will be fortnightly in addition to signing on at the Job Centre and there will be a compulsory 15 hours job search per week.
Unemployed workers will be forced to take up work placements for up to six months. This is supposedly to get people off benefits and into ‘sustainable’ work, but sustainable is defined as a minimum of 13 weeks out of 26 – part-time. The jobs they offer are mostly low-paid service sector and call centres, but they also run building work at Lewes Prison the ‘Flexible New Deal’ – four weeks unpaid work. We’re sure that used to be called slavery.
In response, supporters of the Brighton Benefits Campaign (http://brightonbenefitscamapign.blogspot.com/) will be picketing CDG Wednesday 24th March. Meet at the Clock Tower at 10:30am. 270,000 workers in the PCS union, including Job Centre staff have voted decisively in favour of strikes, which will take place on the 8th and 9th March. There is a chance to form a united working class fight-back against the cuts whether we’re currently employed or not.
From SolFed (http://brightonsolfed.wordpress.com/) blog.
Maximus have been subcontracted by CDG – a registered charity – to take on ‘Welfare to Work.’ They are responsible for setting up job search workshops, interviews and presentations. Interviews will be fortnightly in addition to signing on at the Job Centre and there will be a compulsory 15 hours job search per week.
Unemployed workers will be forced to take up work placements for up to six months. This is supposedly to get people off benefits and into ‘sustainable’ work, but sustainable is defined as a minimum of 13 weeks out of 26 – part-time. The jobs they offer are mostly low-paid service sector and call centres, but they also run building work at Lewes Prison the ‘Flexible New Deal’ – four weeks unpaid work. We’re sure that used to be called slavery.
In response, supporters of the Brighton Benefits Campaign (http://brightonbenefitscamapign.blogspot.com/) will be picketing CDG Wednesday 24th March. Meet at the Clock Tower at 10:30am. 270,000 workers in the PCS union, including Job Centre staff have voted decisively in favour of strikes, which will take place on the 8th and 9th March. There is a chance to form a united working class fight-back against the cuts whether we’re currently employed or not.
From SolFed (http://brightonsolfed.wordpress.com/) blog.