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Boycott Workfare

April 28, 2014

Charities refuse to host forced unpaid labour for unemployed

A new scheme that will force unemployed people into unpaid work is in trouble on its first day, with dozens of charities and faith groups refusing to take part.
April 18, 2014

Faith groups urged not to be 'tricked' by new workfare scheme

Faith groups and charities have been warned that they could end up exploiting people if they take part in the government's new "Community Work Placements".
April 2, 2014

YMCA faces protest ahead of new workfare scheme

YMCA England has faced a protest at its London offices over its continued participation in “workfare” schemes that force unemployed people to work without pay.
December 2, 2013

Week of Action against Workfare targets further changes

The Boycott Workfare campaign network has kicked off a Week of Action to Stop Workfare and Sanctions across the UK. It runs through to 8 December 2013.
June 16, 2013

Not the G8 - digital activism in Leeds

I am on a train that’s just pulled out of Leeds, following a great day at ‘Not the G8', a conference run by the World Development Movement (WDM).
April 17, 2013

My new book on activism has now been published

My new book, Digital Revolutions: Activism in the internet age, has now been published by New Internationalist.
March 24, 2013

Workfare: Hurting the poor, helping the rich

By requiring people to work without pay, the government's workfare schemes are pushing more and more people into poverty and unemployment, says Ekklesia associate Symon Hill. Christian organisations need to campaign against workfare, not participate in it, he argues.
March 19, 2013

Salvation Army HQ occupied by workfare protestors

The Salvation Army headquarters faced protests when workfare campaigners paid a surprise visit to challenge the church's use of forced unpaid workers.
March 18, 2013

Salvation Army and YMCA face protests over workfare labour

Several Christian charities are facing protests for participating in "workfare" schemes under which unemployed people must work for free or lose their benefits.
February 13, 2013

Government faces backlash over unlawful, unpaid, forced work schemes

The government's unpaid, forced work schemes have suffered a setback when Appeal Court judges said yesterday that key elements of them were unlawful.