By Dude Swheatie of Kwug
The Green Party website announces:(1)
Greens slam government over ‘boot camp’ plans
17 August 2015
The Green Party has accused the government of
fighting a ‘war on young people’ after ministers unveiled
plans
to force unemployed young people to attend a three-week ‘boot
camp.’ (2)
Amelia Womack, the Green Party’s Deputy Leader,
has called the plans ‘damaging’ and called for the government to
take a longer-term approach to youth unemployment.
Womack said:
“This latest announcement is yet another
outrageous step in what can only be described as the Conservatives’
war on young people. This move and the rhetoric surrounding it are
typical of the government’s approach to unemployment: placing the
blame on ‘welfare culture’ and those affected rather than taking
real action to tackle the root causes of youth unemployment....
- See more at:
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/08/17/greens-slam-government-over-%E2%80%98boot-camp%E2%80%99-plans/#sthash.NbQOX1Jj.dpuf
Greens slam government over ‘boot camp’ plans
17 August 2015
The Green Party has accused the government of fighting a ‘war on young people’ after ministers unveiled
plans to force unemployed young people to attend a three-week ‘boot camp.’
Amelia Womack, the Green Party’s Deputy Leader, has
called the plans ‘damaging’ and called for the government to take a
longer-term approach to youth unemployment.
Womack said:
“This latest announcement is yet another outrageous
step in what can only be described as the Conservatives’ war on young
people. This move and the rhetoric surrounding it are typical of the
government’s approach to unemployment: placing the blame on ‘welfare
culture’ and those affected rather than taking real action to tackle the
root causes of youth unemployment.
- See more at:
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/08/17/greens-slam-government-over-%E2%80%98boot-camp%E2%80%99-plans/#sthash.NbQOX1Jj.dpuf
Greens slam government over ‘boot camp’ plans
17 August 2015
The Green Party has accused the government of fighting a ‘war on young people’ after ministers unveiled
plans to force unemployed young people to attend a three-week ‘boot camp.’
Amelia Womack, the Green Party’s Deputy Leader, has
called the plans ‘damaging’ and called for the government to take a
longer-term approach to youth unemployment.
Womack said:
“This latest announcement is yet another outrageous
step in what can only be described as the Conservatives’ war on young
people. This move and the rhetoric surrounding it are typical of the
government’s approach to unemployment: placing the blame on ‘welfare
culture’ and those affected rather than taking real action to tackle the
root causes of youth unemployment.
- See more at:
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2015/08/17/greens-slam-government-over-%E2%80%98boot-camp%E2%80%99-plans/#sthash.NbQOX1Jj.dpuf
While I broadly concur
with this statement, I suppose it would take a Young Green to say
that this "can only be described as the Conservatives’ war on
young people."
Threats against poor unemployed people are
nothing new, and Amelia Womack is correct in observing that this
announcement and Government policy is directed toward condemning
young unemployed people more than supporting them. The lack of
support has actually manifested itself from the time that Mass Higher
Education was brought in at the expense of proper mandatory grant
support for students. And of course Mass Higher Education largely
masked the unemployment system, just while the Microsoft dominated PC
industry invested heavily into the promotion of Microsoft Office
related jobcentre-funded training courses. Furthering the burden on
young people, the Blair Government brought in tuition fees that
widened the gap between student outcomes based on parental
background.
I was a dole queue veteran even before becoming a
mature graduate. Applying Sociology graduate discipline to my vast
reservoir of experience of a progressively worsening system,
questions I would ask would include:
- What training would these
'work coaches' have in order to qualify as 'Work Coaches'? Eg, would
they actually have experience and understanding of what goes on in
job recruitment, or would they be of the old school that says, "The
more jobs you apply for, the better your chances. [Quality of job
application is irrelevant in the numbers game. To maximise your
jobsearch output, draw up one CV and if you don't have home computer
access, get that photocopied and sent out for each job you apply for.
[We don't care how much you waste employers' time with output that
will be binned very shortly. Our game is to keep you busy rather
toeing our bullying line rather than demanding more support. There is
no alternative]."
- Will the power of Work Coaches to
sanction be in any sense of proportion to their understanding of the
people they are given the power to sanction?
- Will ther power
of Work Coaches to sanction apply only to jobcentre employees, or
will it include employees of privatised 'workfare companies' that
have peverse financial incentives to reduce the claimant count at any
cost?
- How does the Government treatment of young unemployed
people relate to the increasingly urgent need to help support older
people in a society where centenarians are becoming more the norm
than the exception?
- Will this clamp down on younger people's
benefit entitlement increase slavery?
- Re the Conservatives' "'no excuses' crackdown on youth unemployment," is this not just a matter of abusers always blaming their victims?(3)
- How much does the weekly crack budget of those promoting such rubbish policies compare with what they are keen to limit the incomes of those less well off young unemployed people to?
;-)
Notes
While
I broadly concur with this statement, I suppose it would take a Young
Green to say that this "can only be described as the Conservatives’ war
on young people."
Threats against poor unemployed people are
nothing new, and Amelia Womack is correct in observing that this
announcement and Government policy is directed toward condemning young
unemployed people more than supporting them. The lack of support has
actually manifested itself from the time that Mass Higher Education was
brought in at the expense of proper mandatory grant support for
students. And of course Mass Higher Education largely masked the
unemployment system, just while the Microsoft dominated PC industry
invested heavily into the promotion of Microsoft Office related
jobcentre-funded training courses. Furthering the burden on young
people, the Blair Government brought in tuition fees that widened the
gap between student outcomes based on parental background.
I was a
dole queue veteran even before becoming a mature graduate. Applying
Sociology graduate discipline to my vast reservoir of experience of a
progressively worsening system, questions I would ask would include:
1.
What training would these 'work coaches' have in order to qualify as
'Work Coaches'? Eg, would they actually have experience and
understanding of what goes on in job recruitment, or would they be of
the old school that says, "The more jobs you apply for, the better your
chances. [Quality of job application is irrelevant in the numbers game.
To maximise your jobsearch output, draw up one CV and if you don't have
home computer access, get that photocopied and sent out for each job you
apply for. [We don't care how much you waste employers' time with
output that will be binned very shortly. Our game is to keep you busy
rather toeing our bullying line rather than demanding more support.
There is no alternative]."
2. Will the power of Work Coaches to
sanction be in any sense of proportion to their understanding of the
people they are given the power to sanction?
3. Will ther power of
Work Coaches to sanction apply only to jobcentre employees, or will it
include employees of privatised 'workfare companies' that have peverse
financial incentives to reduce the claimant count at any cost?
4. How
does the Government treatment of young unemployed people relate to the
increasingly urgent need to help support older people in a society where
centenarians are becoming more the norm than the exception?
5. Will this clamp down on younger people's benefit entitlement increase slavery?
Dude
Swheatie of Kwug - See more at:
http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/greens-boot-camps-part-of-governments.html#comment-form
While
I broadly concur with this statement, I suppose it would take a Young
Green to say that this "can only be described as the Conservatives’ war
on young people."
Threats against poor unemployed people are
nothing new, and Amelia Womack is correct in observing that this
announcement and Government policy is directed toward condemning young
unemployed people more than supporting them. The lack of support has
actually manifested itself from the time that Mass Higher Education was
brought in at the expense of proper mandatory grant support for
students. And of course Mass Higher Education largely masked the
unemployment system, just while the Microsoft dominated PC industry
invested heavily into the promotion of Microsoft Office related
jobcentre-funded training courses. Furthering the burden on young
people, the Blair Government brought in tuition fees that widened the
gap between student outcomes based on parental background.
I was a
dole queue veteran even before becoming a mature graduate. Applying
Sociology graduate discipline to my vast reservoir of experience of a
progressively worsening system, questions I would ask would include:
1.
What training would these 'work coaches' have in order to qualify as
'Work Coaches'? Eg, would they actually have experience and
understanding of what goes on in job recruitment, or would they be of
the old school that says, "The more jobs you apply for, the better your
chances. [Quality of job application is irrelevant in the numbers game.
To maximise your jobsearch output, draw up one CV and if you don't have
home computer access, get that photocopied and sent out for each job you
apply for. [We don't care how much you waste employers' time with
output that will be binned very shortly. Our game is to keep you busy
rather toeing our bullying line rather than demanding more support.
There is no alternative]."
2. Will the power of Work Coaches to
sanction be in any sense of proportion to their understanding of the
people they are given the power to sanction?
3. Will ther power of
Work Coaches to sanction apply only to jobcentre employees, or will it
include employees of privatised 'workfare companies' that have peverse
financial incentives to reduce the claimant count at any cost?
4. How
does the Government treatment of young unemployed people relate to the
increasingly urgent need to help support older people in a society where
centenarians are becoming more the norm than the exception?
5. Will this clamp down on younger people's benefit entitlement increase slavery?
Dude
Swheatie of Kwug - See more at:
http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/greens-boot-camps-part-of-governments.html#comment-form
