[OccupySheffield] Tesco seriously getting it on Facebook at the mo'

[Mark Barrett]

Hi Sarah

Here in London there is talk of doing roving GAs inside and outside Tescos
and a whole host of other targets relevant to Occupy campaign work :)
On 18 February 2012 20:55, Sarah Wild <flyingtroutx at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  What do people think of having our Wednesday GA outside of Tesco? The
> West St one is closest to town but Infirmary Rd might be a bit
> easier/bigger.
>
> We could have placards, plan for the future, hopefully perturb Tesco a bit
> and talk to some people.
>
> x
>
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> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:37:55 +0000
> From: marknbarrett at googlemail.com
> To: artbyandyc at aol.com
> CC: info at nationofchange.org; occupysheffield at email-lists.org;
> info at occupysheffield.org.uk; occupycomms at email-lists.org
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Tesco seriously getting it on Facebook at
> the mo'
>
>
> Hey Everyone :)
>
> There is what looks to be an exciting Occupy and wider mobilisation
> underway in response to the government's awful workfare programme.
>
> This is great because, as a movement I think we should be all over this
> like a rash. But in my view not only should we be joining forces with
> others blocking it, we should be adding an Occupy imprint to the whole
> thing by putting forward democratic alternatives to the present model of
> employment in the UK. The 'Labour' Party is nowhere to be seen on this, and
> in my opinion the issue of work and productivity goes to the heart of the
> future direction, not to mention fulfilment of our society.
>
> I would like to explore this further, and have some ideas to share as part
> of a discussion but first I wanted to cast out for interest in our group in
> taking this forward.
> I have sent this message to the London Economics and Democracy WGs as i
> think it purtains to both groups, but I also wanted to see how people felt
> about it nationally.
> Personally I think a national Occupy Work conference would be the way to
> go if we could first thrash out some common ground, aswell as considering
> and identifying some of the different strands of thinking on benefits and
> the future of employment that we collectively hold.
>
> What do people think - worth a discussion on-line to start with ?
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
> On 16 February 2012 17:18, Andy Cropper (personal email) <
> artbyandyc at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  Oh my lord!!! Currently going off on facebook as we speak the Tesco
> homepage is getting bombarded by folk angry with Tesco's abuse and use of
> people on Job Seekers Allowance -
> https://www.facebook.com/tesco?sk=wall&filter=12  sorry to all
> non-facebookers but you can email Teco's complaint department here -
>
> see the story behind the outrage here
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/16/work-free-tesco-job-advert
>
> and here's the job advertisement on the Yougov site -
> http://jobcentreplus.jobhits.co.uk/TESCO-NIGHT-SHIFT-id-BSD-27442
>
> and here's Tesco's response to the furore -
> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/16/tesco-jsa-expenses-modern-slavery-wages-dwp-_n_1281298.html?ref=uk
>
> And another job advert by McDonald's of a similar nature is here  -
> http://jobs.mcdonalds.co.uk/uk/united-kingdom/crew-member/work-trial-greenock-1-jobs
>
> And the story about the scheme itself -
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/young-jobseekers-work-pay-unemployment
>
>
> Andyxxx
>
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