Socialist Action1984Socialist Action No. 68, 31 August 1984Y.OT. CHEAP
by Peter Wells-Thorpe · Socialist Action No. 68, 31 August 1984 · p. 9 of the scan · 129 words
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benefit between December '83 and May '84 for 'unreasonably refusing' to join scheme Many trainees are forced work non-union workplaces or in privately run schemes.
George McCormack of West Lothian, Scotland, • was one such trainee. July 27th 1984 he was killed in a head-on colision between a minibus carryino traineer Twelve days later his fami.
receive a relier un MSC explaining that their not entitled to compensation as he was not legally employed. Instead they got a cheque for £78.
The scandal of this cheap scheme which offers young people no real training, no protection under the law. , and no real job at the end of the time on the scheme must be ended. The TUC should throw out all proposals to collaborate with such