Britse FNV steunt dwangarbeidplannen overheid en bedrijfsleven
In an astonishing and genuinely sad day for the trade union movement, the TUC have teamed up with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) to issue a statement supporting unpaid work. The TUC have sided with the bosses to sing the praises of the Tory Traineeship programme. This unpaid scheme can involve up to five months full-time work, sometimes for giant profit making companies like BT or Virgin. The placements are used to ‘prepare’ young people to be Apprentices, although there is no guarantee that they will be offered even this at the end of the scheme (…) The TUC say in the statement that Traineeships should be voluntary. As claimants themselves know, very little is voluntary such is the current mass benefit sanctioning culture at the DWP. This doesn’t seem to bother the scabs running the TUC who seem to have decided that Traineeships aren’t workfare, and even if they would rather they were voluntary they appear to back them anyway. This is an appalling attack on not just young unemployed people, but all workers who will see their own wages and conditions undermined by an army of unpaid staff.
Johnny Void in TUC Side With Bosses To Back Tory Workfare Scheme (The Void)
TUC probeert steun te vinden, maar die vinden ze niet en dat blijkt ook wel als je naar het leden aantal kijkt wat nu afhaakt.
De TUC jongeren afdeling heeft vorig jaar al bezwaar gemaakt tegen het “vrijwilligers” werk en zij waren niet de enigste binnen de TUC. http://www.nuj.org.uk/news/young-members-report-back-from-tuc-conference/
Tijd dat de leden eens staken tegen het bestuur als het bestuur niet naar de leden wil luisteren.