Workfare Organising Meeting
February 28, 2013 19:00
Sumac Centre
245 Gladstone Street,
Forest Fields,
Nottingham,
NG7 6HX
Sumac Centre
245 Gladstone Street,
Forest Fields,
Nottingham,
NG7 6HX
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Veggies Catering Campaign has been victim of Identity Theft leading to anemployment scam via a fake email job offer.
The real victims of the fraud are people from overseas who may be conned into paying fees to follow up a fake job offer from Veggies.
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Notts Unemployed Workers Club were out leafletting both the Station Street and the Lower Parliment job centre this morning.. Getting positive reactions from both those signing on and job centre workers as we handed out information relating to Universal Jobmatch.
Proposal for a Council Tax Non-Pyment Campaign in Nottingham.
1.00pm Saturday 8th December 2012
Meeting up at Starbucks on South Parade, Just south of the Market Square, Nottingham
People gathered, handed out leaflets and the Notts uncut banner displayed. The issue being further aired by the media these last few weeks, was about the lack of tax being collected by the large corporations ..... set against the cuts in services applied to so many of the poore…
Broxtowe Save Our NHS target local MP Anna Soubry
This morning in Beeston the Broxtowe Save Our NHS campaign delivered its Christmas spectacular. A giant Christmas card was brought into Beeston, on which people were able to send their messages of seasonal goodwill to their MP, Anna Soubry. These messages were of course somewhat infused with the feelings people have about the NHS, and the dama…
In yet another attack on the welfare of young adults the goverment have announced that a trial project will begin in Derby. This slave labour project will mean that any 18-24 year old who has been out of work for six months wiil be forced into work for 30 hours a week for their benefits along with 8 hours a week intensive job seeking.
Gift to the people of Nottingham and wise leader of The Party, Councillor Jon Collins, made a flawless appearance at a People's Consultation meeting in Hyson Green tonight. The leader's statesmanlike presence at a vibrant forum of democracy was praised by local party officials and humble residents alike. The only stain on the occasion was the presence of a rabble of anti-democracy nihilists who us…
Job Centre pickets now and througout the winter.....read more
Outside Council House, Old Market Square, Nottingham
Yet more evidence has emerged that workfare is replacing paid jobs. This week the 2 sisters food group announced the creation of 100 new jobs at their Nottingham Pizza Factory thanks to the ‘introduction of new business‘. This might seem like good news until you discover that the jobs aren’t really jobs and the new business isn’t really new business.
The jobs are actually ‘pre-employm…
In May the Labour MPs wife, Labour councillor Jo White, was sent a dead bird through the post. In August, MP John Mann for Bassetlaw in North Notts nearly crashed his car after anonymous sabotage of his car. A car wheel nearly fell off after it was loosened and the hub cap was screwed back on to hide the sabotage.
The number of people pissed off enough by the politicians to make an attempt on…
Meet by the Lions, before heading around town as we visit the companies which are happily benefiting from the Workfare programme.
Commencement of offence of squatting in a residential building
This circular includes guidance for criminal justice agencies on the new offence of squatting in a residential building and sets out the Government's plans for commencement.
pdf download at :
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/legislation/bills-acts/circulars/squatting-circular.pdf
Circular No. 2012/04
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Tens of thousands of people around the country are being thrown into hardship and despair by Atos, a private company tha…
As it is announced that the majority of Unison members have voted in line with the union's recommendation to accept the new pensions deal, libcom.org has obtained a leaked e-mail from a senior Unison official instructing organisers to spy on branches and individual activists who campaigned for a no vote.
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From the comments:
there's only one regional unison sec by that name i can think of…
Squatting law to commence 1st September
We have just received verification that the new law, criminalising squatting in residential properties will come into effect on September 1st 2012.
You can see the commencement order on the government’s website here
From the ASS website:
Not everyone who is squatting, or considered by others to be squatting, will be affected by the new law, but peop…
As you've probably heard, Council Tax benefit is to be abolished from next year and councils are being charged with devising their own local schemes to replace it. Big issues include the fact that central government will be cutting support for the new schemes by 10% of what they are paying now and that, for rather obvious political purposes, councils are being told that pensioners' entitlemen…