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Thread #149512 Message #3478961
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
13-Feb-13 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Compulsory Unpaid Work Found Unlawful
Subject: RE: BS: Compulsory Unpaid Work Found Unlawful
I'm too old to do very much nowadays, theleveller, but both my grandparents did just that, hard labour for low pay, one down the pit and the other on fishing boats, both jobs dangerous and exhausting. And here in Norfolk, my dear neighbour's husband works outside on the land, cutting and trimming in the bitter cold. I'm wondering if Jobseekers could be 'persuaded' to do those sort of jobs, for a fair wage of course? (I have a theory that if one drove up in a coach to the local Jobseekers Centre and announced that anyone could jump on board and be transported to work immediately for £7 an hour, there'd be a stampede, not onto the bus, but out of the back door and away. The ones I've seen down there look as if the last thing they want is a blooming job.)