¡HE oRies election please to extend Project Work na. tionwide shows their desire to make unemployment a major issue at the polls. How they can flaunt their appalling record as a vote winner staggers belief Q until one considers Labour's failure to offer a clear alternative to government policies.
A windfall tax on public utilities will provide new schemes for the young unemployed, but the miserpromising not a penny more to reduce the jobless total. Actually Labour risks increasing the dole queues if Brown sticks to Tory Britain's targets for European Monetary Union. has declared its opposition to Project Work, it is looking closely at other slave labour schemes. Many Labour Councils have now agreed to boyraised their criticisms in public.
They appear paralysed by fear that speaking out in support for the unemployed is not in tune with Blair's efforts to play to the prejudices of Middle England.
Also they are emburrassed Dr their owm sorry record in increasing the robless figures through pursuing their dented shield policies.
It is certain a New Labour government wouk like to keep aspects of the JSA and toy with workfare, yet efforts should be made to demand it cakes a citlerent road. with pressure. it could immediately scrap Project Work.
In East London, the largest pilot area for Project Work, Waltham authority to privately agree to boy.
Domino effect
Campaigners against unemployment will use its example to create a cis in the area. We want a public statement by Waltham Forest to encourage private employers to take no part.
We are demanding the Council withdraws funding from bodies financed by them should they use Harry Cohen, has already agreed to our request to argue that workfare is unacceptable in talks with the Health Authority. frighten their employers into providing no placements and charities are being contacteo to leave it alone. As well as continuing our leafleting ourside jobcentres, campaigning against low pay will be stepped up.
he excellent links between local CPSA branches and unemoloved ac tivists has even come to the attention of Barry Reamsbottom, the Blairite General Secretary of the CPSA who is attempting to witchhunt a local Groundswell.
These links are increasingly essen. tial. Despite the extra workload of Project Work, the management in North East London wish to shed I0 per cent of Employment Service staff. CPSA members have held inhope soon to disrupt Project Work Through broad based campaigns like in East London we can kill the cusing demands on Labour we can once again make a Workfare Free Britain'.