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Paddy Leathem Flynn outlines some of the ways which the unemployed are forced to take part in useless “back-to-work” schemes.
Steps To Work
An introduction to enslavement for the unemployed this “training” scheme includes practices such as creating a chair made from blown up balloons and telling your fellow victims something about yourself which is embarrassing. This type of humiliation and patronising of the working class is deemed “preparation for the world of work”.
"The scenes of despair and explosions of anger like those of 1981 will be back on our streets.
A protest has been called on Thursday 24th June from 5-6pm outside the European Commission offices on the Dublin Rd in Belfast to oppose the cuts to public services to be announced in this weeks Budget.
Trade unions back Protest Against Public Service Cuts
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Letter of support from unions and political parties
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