Marks And Spencer, Pay Your Workers!
As part of Boycott Workfare's week of action (2-8 Dec), Radical Islington are calling
for people to protest outside the Marks and Spencer store on Holloway
Road, in opposition to their use of workfare.
Join us at 1pm on
Sunday 8 December to voice your opposition to unpaid labour and greedy
bosses!
M&S have recently
boasted about providing 'placements' to 1,400 young people. This is a
huge extension of their workfare scheme, which has already seen over
a thousand people work without pay for the company, including single
parents. This represents 2% of their workforce not being paid!
Meanwhile, the company's profits amounted to more than £500M last
year.
So come and protest
against this unashamed use of workfare!
When: Sun 8th
Dec, 1pm
Where: Marks and Spencer, 422 Holloway Road, N7
Where: Marks and Spencer, 422 Holloway Road, N7
See here for more information on Marks and Spencer's use of workfare.
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Workfare is a
government scheme in which unemployed people are bullied into working
for their Jobseekers' Allowance benefits. People on the Workfare
scheme are forced to stack shelves for up to 30 hours a week, working
out to an hourly wage of just £1.60.
Workfare profits the
rich by providing free labour, whilst threatening the poor by taking
away welfare rights if people refuse to work without a living wage.
It affects all of us by reducing jobs and giving employers the green
light to cut hours and reduce wages.
In response to a
growing movement of opposition to the Workfare scheme, a number of
companies have quit the programme, while the government has released
a steady stream of untruths. So join the movement!
See here for further information on workfare.
