Job Centre Picket
October 17, 2012 09:00
Published:
October 12, 2012 15:07
by Nottingham Against Workfare |
The Job Centre on Station Steet
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With Labour confirming that they will continue to cut welfare on top of the further £10 billion cuts the coalition government plans to make by 2016. Now more than ever we need to be building a strong unemployed workers movement. To this end Notts Against Workfare and Autonomous Nottingham will be holding regular pickets and leafleting job centres over the cold winter months. We'll begin on this Wednesday, and ask you all to come along help build a movement that defends all of us against the governments vicious attacks.
Changes to the sanction regime for Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants have been voted through in a parliamentary select committee, which will see the maximum sanction length for JSA claimants raised to three years from October 22nd. The shortest sanction length will also be increased from one to four weeks. ESA claimants see a new sanction regime come into force on December 3rd, with a maximum of four weeks sanction, and the amount being sanctioned raised to 70% of their ESA payments.
The new JSA regime changes how sanctions are applied with three different levels attracting different lengths of sanctions. Lower level sanctions, including missing appointments at the job centre or workfare provider will see claimants left without money for four weeks in for the first offence and 13 weeks for the second. So if you are 9 minutes late for an appointment because a job interview ran long, you’ll have no money for one or three months.
Contact email: nottsagainstworkfare_@_riseup.net
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