It was decided that as a group we would take a stand against the immoral stance that the Salvation Army have taken regarding workfare. Since writing the last blog I have heard many first hand accounts of claimants experiences there, and none of their stories were nice. These claimants deserve representation, many are too scared to speak out about it but we don’t mind. This is a situation that needs to be highlighted.
As mentioned in my previous blog The Salvation Army have been working with the Jobcentre to recruit “volunteers”. These claimants are told that they have no choice, that they have to sign up to “volunteer” with The Salvation Army otherwise they will get sanctioned. Refusal to comply will ensure that your voluntary position becomes mandatory, therefore you will incur all the penalties that come with that. The Salvation Army are only too happy to oblige.
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