At a recent stall outside the jobcentre a claimant told us he had been sent on an unpaid work placement to B & Q last year. Remploy arranged the placement. The unpaid work was physically hard and didn’t provide any opportunities to learn skills. It didn’t appear to have been overtly compulsory but when the…Read moreRead more
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NO TO WORKFARE!
Declaration of Resistance to Universal Credit
ECAP are encouraged that people came out in the rain on 28 November to demonstrate at Leith jobcentre against Universal Credit. Sisters Uncut, Oficina Precaria and other groups supported the demo too. Universal Credit increases poverty, homelessness and misery. It massively increases the scope and length of sanctions. It attacks the disabled, young people, women,…Read moreRead more
SHUT DOWN WORKFARE EXPLOITER SALVATION ARMY
11am onwards Sat 31st January at Salvation Army charity shop, 36 Earl Grey Street, by Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9BN (Earl Grey St is an extension of Lothian Rd, its the last block before Tollcross – 10 minutes walk from west end of Princes St.) The Salvation Army are a notorious user of the government…Read moreRead more
BHF charity shop in Leith closed by anti workfare protest
Anti workfare demonstrators in Edinburgh shut down the British Heart Foundation furniture store at the Kirkgate shopping centre for over two hours on Saturday 8 September. The Leith store closed its doors as demonstrators arrived before noon, and didn’t attempt to reopen till after 2 pm. Protesters blocked the shop door with a giant banner…Read moreRead more
EDINBURGH WORKFARE PROTEST Sat 8 September 2012
– ACTION TO STOP WORKFARE – Britain-wide day of action against forced unpaid labour.. SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER MEET 12 NOON KIRKGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, FOOT OF LEITH WALK, EDINBURGH To take action against the British Heart Foundation charity who continue to use workfare conscripts. All welcome, bring banners, placards, whistles, drums. Share This: