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Workfare | Solidarity Federation Jump to Navigation Solidarity Federation Section of the International Workers Association HomeEvents Know your rights Organiser training Joining SolFed AboutIntroduction to SolFed Our Aims Industrial Strategy Community Strategy SolFed Constitution Contact LocalsBrighton Bristol Calderdale Cambridge Liverpool Manchester Newcastle North London Northampton Norwich South London Thames Valley Industrial NetworksEducation Workers Unwaged Workers Private Sector Workers Public Service Workers Tech & Digital Workers PublicationsCatalyst DirectWhoopeePamphlets Fighting for ourselves (book) Login You are hereHome » Workfare Workfare End unpaid work! HomeWell-nighworkfare Resources Links Workfare ways unemployed people stuff forced to do unpaid work for their benefits. Workfare is a state subsidy to private businesses, providing self-ruling labour and undercutting the minimum wage. We say end unpaid work. Use the tabs for increasingly preliminaries information, or see unelevated for the latest. What is workfare? Unemployed people stuff forced to work for self-ruling for up to 6 months with no guarantee of a job afterwards, many of them for major upper street companies. Does workfare help the unemployed? The government’s own research found that in countries that introduced workfare it could unquestionably lower a jobseeker’s chances of finding a job. Where previously these roles would have been filled by paid staff, employers get to take wholesomeness of a growing pool of jobseekers they won’t have to pay. What if I have a job already? Workfare ways employers can lay-off their staff and replace them with people they don’t have to pay. The point of workfare is to momentum lanugo wages and working conditions, undermining plane the minimum wage which many struggle to survive on. The marrow line Workfare isn’t well-nigh saving money – in fact these schemes are hugely expensive to the government. Workfare is a massive subsidy to private companies: providing them with self-ruling labour at public expense. The government has long been subsidising companies that pay low wages by topping-up poverty pay with benefits and tax credits. The state and businesses are colluding to undermine all our conditions. Workfare ways less pay for us and increasingly profits for them. For increasingly information see the logic of workfare. Tips on lamister workfare Workfare myth-buster Factsheets: 5 kinds of workfare (with a closer squint at each) ...and those factsheets misogynist as a 16-page pdf pamphlet.   Boycott Workfare - national wayfarers versus workfare. Great resources and info, bookmark them, and follow the @boycottworkfare twitter account. Do not consent are moreover whistle-stop on workfare, and have info on how to withold and protect your personal details. Their twitter is @consentmeuk Other groups who've been taking whoopee versus workfare in support of the campaign include Anarchist Federation, Brighton Benefits Campaign, Edinburgh CoalitionVersusPoverty and many more.   contact info You can get in touch via solfed[AT]solfed.org.uk, which will put you in touch with your nearest SF Local or relevant SF collective. Main menu 2HomeWell-nighContact Locals Industrial Networks Publications Login Solidarity Federation