11.30am – 2pm Mon 13 Sept, A4e 34 Earl Grey St near Tollcross Edinburgh Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty are organising a demonstration against compulsory work for benefits – this is an attack on the unemployed and workers alike. Flexible New Deal provider A4e are denying unemployed people forced to attend their premises the right to…Read moreRead more
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NO TO ATTACKS ON CLAIMANTS & WORKERS – DEMONSTRATE AT A4e
Protesters Shut Down A4e Edinburgh Office
Protesters against compulsory “work-for-your-benefits” schemes succeeded in shutting down A4e’s Edinburgh office on Wednesday 16th June. A4e cancelled all appointments and stuck up a notice declaring their Earl Grey Street office closed for the whole day, as demonstrators gathered outside. Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty organised the demo, as part of the UK day of action…Read moreRead more
No to Welfare Abolition – UK Day of Action – June 16th
It’s our money, it’s our future, it’s under attack. NO TO WELFARE ABOLITION – UK DAY OF ACTION, JUNE 16th This is multi-millionaire Emma Harrison (right), owner of A4e, the UK’s most prominent private agency involved in “Welfare to Work” (having to work for your benefits.) We want to let her and her pals in…Read moreRead more
A4E and WorkDirections Invaded! Action Against the Welfare Reform Bill
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty protested at High Riggs Job Centre on 13 March against the new Welfare Reform Bill. We condemn the legislation, currently under consideration by the Westminster Parliament, as “an attack on the poor”. Around 15 protesters later invaded the Edinburgh offices of A4E and Work Directions, displaying placards calling on people to resist the Bill….Read moreRead more