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Workfare shutdown!

Posted: October 20th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Hundreds of people paid a visit to workfare providers on and around Oxford Street on 20 Oct! Thanks to all the different groups that took part and the great samba band! Watch this space for a day of action on 8 December…

outside M&s

M&S: Specialising in forcing single parents to work without pay

Dorothy Perkins shuts its shutters

Several stores shut down as the demo approached. This one seems to confirm the word on the streets: Arcadia hasn’t in fact ended its involvement?



McDonalds shuts its shutters

Quite a few McDonald’s were paid a visit!

Outside the Hilton

£400 a night workfare provider Hilton gets a visit.

One Comment on “Workfare shutdown!”

  1. 1 Todays Welfare News Round-Up, 20/10/2012 - Welfare News Service said at 1:26 am on January 18th, 2013:

    [...] Hundreds diverge on Oxford Circus to protest against #Workfare providers [...]

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