Wednesday 16 June 2010

No to Welfare Abolition fights for an end to privatisation of the benefits system and of ‘work for your benefit’ schemes

What is the Flexible New Deal and why is it bad news for the unemployed?

Since October 2009 those unemployed for 12 months are being placed on the “Flexible New Deal”. Under this scheme, private companies have been given £500 million in handouts to make the unemployed jump through hoops and compete for non-existent jobs. A…

Last updated at 1:44 PM on 10th November 2009

I just posed this here as a contrast to having the media section in the news rather than the message board section, what do people think?

Battle: The parties are at odds over the £165billion spent on welfare annually (picture posed by models)

Labour has been accused of relying on the 'welfare vote' after the Conservatives published a prov…

Claimants groups from around the country will be getting together in Manchester on 17th April to co-ordinate actions against the current attacks on working class.

See website for more info

During the Right to Work conference on 30th Jan 2010, Right to Work made the commitment to all groups contributing to the movement that they are able to send delegates onto the steering committee. This is a position allows all UWU groups to consolidate solidarity with other workers and members of the Right to Work movement.