Welcome comrades, if you are reading this you’re probably considering contacting the Maribyrnong council in regards to their vote on the Newstart payment on 24/4/18. Below is the email template the Union has used to reach out to the councillors, please feel free to use it as a basis for your own emails. In particular you may want to replace the personal accounts below with some of your own experiences. Please when addressing our councillors,
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Recently the union asked our members for stories and information regarding their experiences with work for the dole. The response has been amazing! In this series of posts we want to share some of the harrowing tales from the coalface of this ridiculous programme. If you or anyone you know has done work for the dole, make sure to fill out our survey to help us Boycott Work for the Dole #BoycottWFTD Kara from Queensland
On the 19th of April 2016, 18 year-old Josh Park Fing tragically died at his government-approved Work for the Dole site in Toowoomba. Josh was forced to rise on the back of a flat bed trailer without a harness. Josh fell off and died. After Josh’s death, Minister of Employment Michaelia Cash promised to conduct an investigation and to publish a report within a month. Two years on and the Park-Fing family, Josh’s friends and