Tag Archives: boycott workfare
Workfare, welfare, and freedom of information
So long as the government’s workfare programmes were kept slightly blurred, it was easy for people otherwise of good will to support them. (Ideological cheap-work conservatives would support workfare all the more for understanding what it is, but genuine believers … Continue reading
Filed under Benefits, Disability, George Orwell, Poverty, Supermarkets
Workfare in Scotland: FOI denied
On Saturday 3rd March the Boycott Workfare campaign plans a national, UK-wide, day of action against workfare – and I had been wondering why no locale for a demo had yet been announced for Edinburgh or Glasgow, both of which … Continue reading
Filed under Benefits, Poverty, Scottish Culture, Supermarkets
No union should support workfare
Minimum wage: it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law. In the UK, if you are over 21, your employer must pay you a minimum wage of at least £6.08 per hour. If you are aged 18-20, your employer … Continue reading
Filed under Benefits
Resist the supermarkets
When supermarkets come to town, they wreck local businesses, set up a flow of money out of the community, increase traffic, and generally act like bullies who think they’re too big to fall. They make use of workfare labourers to … Continue reading
Filed under Supermarkets
What is Christianity, anyway?
Tesco share price dropped by 15% today. Tesco blames the recession – not enough shoppers over Christmas to make up for the “Big Price Drop” they were advertising from September onwards. Of course much of the “Big Price Drop” was … Continue reading
Filed under About Food, Benefits, Poverty, Religion
