Video: Urban Futures occupied – six-month workfare no way!
October 19, 2014
Reel News footage of our Urban Futures occupation as part of the Boycott Workfare week of action against workfare.
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October 11, 2014
About fifteen people, turned up at the North London Hospice Shop in Wood Green today, to protest at their use of forced labour, and to ask them to sign up to the Keep Volunteering Voluntary pledge. North London Hospice has been staffing some of its 18 shops across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey with people on […]
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Urban Futures occupied: Six month workfare no way!
October 9, 2014
Today members of Haringey Solidarity Group and Boycott Workfare paid workfare provider Urban Futures in Wood Green a visit. Fifteen people occupied the office with banners and a soundsystem – challenging Urban Futures on their treatment of claimants and speaking to people on enforced jobsearch about their experiences and sharing info on their rights. We’d […]
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Urban Futures – make workfare a thing of the past
October 8, 2014
We all know Community Work Placements aren’t about helping people find work. Instead, forced unpaid work and supervised job search treat the unemployed like criminals. Six months of workfare is more than twice the maximum community service sentence! CWP forces claimants to work for 34 hours a week – most of the time doing pointless […]
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Why is North London Hospice still using workfare?
October 6, 2014
On Saturday, 11 October, from 12pm, we’ll be outside North London Hospice’s Wood Green shop, as part of Boycott Workfare’s week of action against workfare. And once more, we’ll be asking them, why they are still involved with Community Work Placements and other workfare schemes. Join us from 12pm at North London Hospice shop, 19 […]
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Anti-workfare protest outside North London Hospice shop
August 18, 2014
Pickets, protests, and online pressure are meeting each organisation that is found participating in the government’s latest and longest workfare scheme – Community Work(fare) Placements. On Saturday morning, 16 August, Haringey Solidarity Group held a picket outside North London Hospice charity shop on Wood Green High Road (near Turnpike Lane) about their involvement with the […]
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Community Work Placements in Haringey – who’s proud to be working with G4S?
August 12, 2014
While the government would like to keep their names secret, the companies involved with running the recently launched Community Work Placements seem proud to publicise their involvement. G4S won the contract for six regions across the country and was “delighted” to announce its involvement with the scheme which consists of six-month, forced, unpaid work placements […]
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No pay at the YMCA?
March 31, 2014
Today members of Haringey Solidarity Group joined Boycott Workfare in paying a visit to the London headquarters of workfare exploiter YMCA. They’ve defended their use of unpaid, forced work in previous statements and we’ve called them out on it. Mandatory Work Activity forces people to work without wages under threat of sanction, and doesn’t help […]
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1000 Mothers March for Justice – Sat 29 Mar, 11am
March 24, 2014
with families, carers & supporters11am, Saturday 29th March 2014Assemble at Bruce Castle Park,Lordship Lane N17 8NU Move off 11.30 – march down Tottenham High Road to Tottenham Green East, N15 4UR for a PUBLIC SPEAK-OUTFollow up meeting; Haringey benefit claimants and supporters11 am – 1 pm Saturday 12th AprilNorth London Community House, 22 Moorefields Rd, […]
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Penny-pinching profiteers Poundland picketed
March 9, 2014
On the afternoon of Friday 7 March members of HSG headed to Poundland on Wood Green High Road to hold a protest against the company’s continued use of free labour, in particular its exploitation of young unemployed people, as part of the government’s workfare schemes.
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