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Originally Posted by chris9991
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11704765
It looks like the government is trying to reintroduce indentured servitude
If you don't do the work, you won't get any benefits. If people have to do this work surely its taking a job away from an employed person? Or are they going to take it from the community service of criminals?
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This country treats benefit claimants worse than criminals now.
How they going to deal with the problem they breaching min wage.
£65 for 30 hours work.
1 - why is it only manual work, not office work etc.
2 - what happens if they have job interviews or other work related activity during these hours.
3 - is it better than slavery where slavery typically gave you a place to sleep, food, drink etc.
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Originally Posted by martyh
yes i daresay they will have to be supervised ..by the same supervisors who already supervise rubbish collectors ,what about the people who already do these jobs ? do you think that they are all going to be sacked ?all it will mean is there will be more litter pickers ,more graffiti will get cleaned and more council gardens will get dug ,i realy can't understand peoples objections .As long as we don't stigmatise ALL unemployed people i don't have a problem with this at all
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I have a big problem with it as its breaking the min wage laws. Also this is just the first step, they will extend this later on, to shorter term claimaints as well. Also people will have to travel of course they will, do you really think they will say ok clean your street for 8 hours and then go home unsupervised. So sounds like they repeating what thatcher did, leopard doesnt really change its spots. Except back then thatcher didnt have a min wage law to honour.