Protest against the proposed cuts in Community Employment
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Wednesday May 08, 2002 17:33
by Tallaght Centre for the Unemployed
Call to Protest May 10th
There will be a protest about the proposed cuts in Community Employment this Friday May 10th at 3.00pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin.
There will be a protest about the proposed cuts in Community Employment this Friday May 10th at 3.00pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin.
FAS, directed by Minister Mary Harney, want to cut a substantial number of Community Employment places. Although under PPF arrangements the agreement was to gradually reduce the numbers to 28,000 nationwide the latest news on cuts is above and beyond this and was never put to the social partners.
The spin on all of this is that long term unemployed numbers are down. This is irrelevant for a huge proportion of Community Employment workers who are lone parents (in Tallaght 4 out of 5 Community Employment workers are lone parents).
Please come along if you can on Friday to the protest to show Mary Harney that we won't take these cuts lying down and to demand the reversal of this ludicrous decision.
For further information phone Tallaght Centre for the Unemployed on 01 - 451 2983.
Comments (3 of 3)
Jump To Comment: 1 2 3As far as I am concerned, the so called "community employment schemes" are simply a source of cheap labour for "local authories" and others. Having said that, if people, including lone parents wish to participate in such "schemes", then that is their decision.
The concept of work as being something productive in terms of the value added to the community - not the new 'vast amount of hours sucking up to get enough to pay the car loan' that loads of people class as work.
I did a community employment scheme or two, met loads of people and learnt skills. The group also organised a couple of seminars, brought a book out and installed a computer system.
All completely valuable 'work', done by a small, underpaid team of people who in general were fairly committed.
Of course my idyllic memories don't blind me to the fact that the wages were absolutely shite - and so were a few BOM's.
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