[OccupySheffield] OccupySheffield Digest, Vol 5, Issue 52
Rick B
soisthesun at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 10:45:28 GMT 2012
MacDonalds is American, Workfare is American, enough said
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> 1. Re: Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour. (Dave Havard)
> 2. Re: Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour. (Joe Pritchard)
> 3. Re: Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour. (Mick Ibbotson)
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> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:28:56 +0000
> From: Dave Havard <deacondave777 at gmail.com>
> To: Public Wantchange <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
> Cc: occupysheffieldprivate at email-lists.org,
> occupysheffield at email-lists.org
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour.
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> Just to be aware; We spoke to the dep manager of the McDonalds near the
> cathedral. He assured us that that branch is not involved in workfare but
> they are not a franchise. They are part of McDonalds company. We
> protested there last Weds.
>
> It would be good if we could identify shops that are actually involved in
> the scheme. Anyone like to go and ask a few managers ? Its almost as
> effective as a protest; letting managers know that we are planning possible
> protests at their shop !
>
> Blessings,
> Deacon Dave
>
> 2012/2/27 Public Wantchange <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
>
> > *Stop the government's attacks on young unemployed people - *
> > *end the slave labour schemes in McDonald's!
> > *
> > The most recent scheme from the ConDems to 'get Britain back to work' is
> > to take away benefits from anyone who refuses to take part in unpaid work
> > for companies such as McDonald's, Boots, Primark and many others. The
> > government insists that this would provide 'work experience' for lazy
> > youths a...nd workshy teenagers - the reality is that these schemes
> > provide slave labour for large multinational companies, which will be
> used
> > to undermine the wages and conditions of those already working in those
> > companies, with no incentive whatsoever to provide employment to young
> > people.
> >
> > Join us at 5pm on Monday at McDonald's for a protest against McWorkfare -
> > we will be handing letters to staff explaining how workfare will affect
> > them, giving leaflets to members of the public to raise awareness of this
> > dreadful scheme, as well as making some noise to make the management well
> > aware of our disgust.
> >
> > If you're working in a paid job why not pop down after work and support
> > those are aren't being paid for their work?
> >
> > See more
> > <http://www.facebook.com/events/115790625217469/?ref=nf>
> >
> > *Stop McWorkfare! No to Slave Labour!<
> http://www.facebook.com/events/115790625217469/>
> > *
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002463157419#!/occupysheffield
> >
> > ?27 February at 17:00, McDonalds, 20-22 High St, Sheffield.
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:33:52 -0000
> From: "Joe Pritchard" <joe at joepritchard.me.uk>
> To: "Dave Havard" <deacondave777 at gmail.com>, "Public Wantchange"
> <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
> Cc: occupysheffieldprivate at email-lists.org,
> occupysheffield at email-lists.org
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour.
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> Hi Dave,
>
> I like this approach - I suppose the main problem is whether they'll tell
> the truth or not or actually whether they'll know themselves - there's
> often a lot of confusion around the various ways in which 'newbies' are
> brought in to a large company.
>
> +
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Havard
> To: Public Wantchange
> Cc: occupysheffieldprivate at email-lists.org ;
> occupysheffield at email-lists.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour.
>
>
> Just to be aware; We spoke to the dep manager of the McDonalds near the
> cathedral. He assured us that that branch is not involved in workfare but
> they are not a franchise. They are part of McDonalds company. We
> protested there last Weds.
>
> It would be good if we could identify shops that are actually involved in
> the scheme. Anyone like to go and ask a few managers ? Its almost as
> effective as a protest; letting managers know that we are planning possible
> protests at their shop !
>
> Blessings,
> Deacon Dave
>
>
> 2012/2/27 Public Wantchange <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
>
> Stop the government's attacks on young unemployed people -
> end the slave labour schemes in McDonald's!
>
> The most recent scheme from the ConDems to 'get Britain back to work'
> is to take away benefits from anyone who refuses to take part in unpaid
> work for companies such as McDonald's, Boots, Primark and many others. The
> government insists that this would provide 'work experience' for lazy
> youths a...nd workshy teenagers - the reality is that these schemes provide
> slave labour for large multinational companies, which will be used to
> undermine the wages and conditions of those already working in those
> companies, with no incentive whatsoever to provide employment to young
> people.
>
> Join us at 5pm on Monday at McDonald's for a protest against McWorkfare
> - we will be handing letters to staff explaining how workfare will affect
> them, giving leaflets to members of the public to raise awareness of this
> dreadful scheme, as well as making some noise to make the management well
> aware of our disgust.
>
> If you're working in a paid job why not pop down after work and support
> those are aren't being paid for their work?
>
>
>
> See more
>
> Stop McWorkfare! No to Slave Labour!
>
>
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002463157419#!/occupysheffield
> ?27 February at 17:00, McDonalds, 20-22 High St, Sheffield.
>
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> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:58:16 -0000
> From: "Mick Ibbotson" <zapatista2010 at googlemail.com>
> To: "Dave Havard" <deacondave777 at gmail.com>, "Public Wantchange"
> <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
> Cc: occupysheffieldprivate at email-lists.org,
> occupysheffield at email-lists.org
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour.
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> I disagree, McDonalds are a poster boy organisation for this scheme of
> exploiting the unemployed. The manager of the store yesterday, thanked us
> for being peaceful but never said they weren't involved in the scheme. They
> may not currently have any placements currently - but nationally they have
> many people being forced into working for less than the going rate and as
> the protest on wednesday is a national one - hopefully see some of you
> there then?
>
> Mick
>
> http://lookinluckout.blogspot.com/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Havard
> To: Public Wantchange
> Cc: occupysheffieldprivate at email-lists.org ;
> occupysheffield at email-lists.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [OccupySheffield] Stop McWorkfare. No to Slave Labour.
>
>
> Just to be aware; We spoke to the dep manager of the McDonalds near the
> cathedral. He assured us that that branch is not involved in workfare but
> they are not a franchise. They are part of McDonalds company. We
> protested there last Weds.
>
> It would be good if we could identify shops that are actually involved in
> the scheme. Anyone like to go and ask a few managers ? Its almost as
> effective as a protest; letting managers know that we are planning possible
> protests at their shop !
>
> Blessings,
> Deacon Dave
>
>
> 2012/2/27 Public Wantchange <thepublicwantchange at hotmail.co.uk>
>
> Stop the government's attacks on young unemployed people -
> end the slave labour schemes in McDonald's!
>
> The most recent scheme from the ConDems to 'get Britain back to work'
> is to take away benefits from anyone who refuses to take part in unpaid
> work for companies such as McDonald's, Boots, Primark and many others. The
> government insists that this would provide 'work experience' for lazy
> youths a...nd workshy teenagers - the reality is that these schemes provide
> slave labour for large multinational companies, which will be used to
> undermine the wages and conditions of those already working in those
> companies, with no incentive whatsoever to provide employment to young
> people.
>
> Join us at 5pm on Monday at McDonald's for a protest against McWorkfare
> - we will be handing letters to staff explaining how workfare will affect
> them, giving leaflets to members of the public to raise awareness of this
> dreadful scheme, as well as making some noise to make the management well
> aware of our disgust.
>
> If you're working in a paid job why not pop down after work and support
> those are aren't being paid for their work?
>
>
>
> See more
>
> Stop McWorkfare! No to Slave Labour!
>
>
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002463157419#!/occupysheffield
> ?27 February at 17:00, McDonalds, 20-22 High St, Sheffield.
>
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