Wages were originally introduced post slavery being abolished and further to that I would add the word “Service” as in the Service Industry etc comes from the Latin word ‘Servus” meaning Slave. So what does all that say. Well, firstly I never once said word was bad but being exploited by powerful people for pittance is not work, it is then akin to indentured slavery. It does cost to go out in public, stepping out the door today costs and extravagant amount and this is also not taken into consideration. I also do not understand if these placements need people why they don’t just take them off the dole queue and employ them along with their other employees. I read somewhere that these workers would not be afforded the Work Safety Insurance as well. Another huge saving for the corporation. It all stinks to high heaven because its a program written to further place the lowest on the rung into a punitive situation. The healthy welfare Card is in the same boat feathering the nests of the large corporations people are forced to shop with. I rest my case.
Check out the new leaflet (download as PDF) we’ll be handing out as part of our Week of Action against the Salvation Army for their role in implementing the government’s Work for the Dole policy. Feel free to print off and distribute your own copies. Get in touch with us if you would like to find out more about our campaign against Work for the Dole or would like support doing leafleting in your own area.
The Salvation Army and Work for the Dole’: Exploiting the unemployed
Work for the Dole
The Salvation Army is a key participant in the Liberal Government’s new Work for the Dole scheme. Work for the Dole forces unemployed people to work without pay for non-profit organisations (like charities). You either work for free, or you are kicked off unemployment payments, and forced to survive on no income at all. From July 2015…
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