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  • June 2, 2014
    Workfare scheme delayed again after voluntary sector boycott

    A policy of forcing unemployed people to work full-time for six months for no pay is facing further delays following a boycott by over 300 voluntary organisations.

  • May 30, 2014
    Now unemployed people are sent on army training schemes

    Poverty and militarism feed over each other. Unemployment has always been good news for army recruiters in need of people desperate for a livelihood. So it's no surprise that the recruitment of unemployed people has been formalised in a scheme in the English Midlands. Could this be a sign of the way things are heading? The government is already forcing unemployed people to carry out unpaid labour through 'workfare' schemes. Will they soon be forcing them into army training?

  • May 20, 2014
    Failure to tame corporate power threatens global recovery, says ITUC

    A new poll published by the ITUC shows workers across the world to be losing faith in national governments who they believe are putting the interests of big corporations ahead of their own,

  • April 30, 2014
    Cameron's "Christian country"

    A society that favours the rich and shuns the poor is far away from biblical visions of equality and justice.

  • April 28, 2014
    Charities refuse to host forced unpaid labour for unemployed

    A new scheme that will force unemployed people into unpaid work is in trouble on its first day, with dozens of charities and faith groups refusing to take part.

  • April 18, 2014
    Faith groups urged not to be 'tricked' by new workfare scheme

    Faith groups and charities have been warned that they could end up exploiting people if they take part in the government's new "Community Work Placements".

  • March 12, 2014
    Has Labour deserted the workers and joined IDS over unemployment?

    A young man I know, (I’ll call him David) who left school just before the global banking crisis, was very keen to get out into the world of work and get a job. His politeness and enthusiasm paid off, and he got a minimum wage job with a discount store, where he worked hard and was always ready to get on his bicycle and go in at short notice, to cover staff absences etc. Then, David became old enough to be paid the adult minimum wage, and was no longer wanted. He had become more expensive, so was sent back to the Jobcentre, his loyalty and hard work disregarded.

  • February 23, 2014
    Harsh benefit sanctions 'undermine vital safety net'

    A leading trade unionist has agreed with church leaders that harsh benefit sanctions undermine a vital safety net for vulnerable people.

  • January 21, 2014
    New report charts diminishing job opportunities in England

    The chance of being in work has fallen in the North East, the North West, the West Midlands and South West England since mid-2010

  • January 13, 2014
    Some Black and Asian communities twice as likely to be out of work

    The unemployment rate for the Black and the Pakistani / Bangladeshi communities is 12%, but 6% for white jobseekers.