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February 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The ten-month-old voluntary programme, part of Prime Minister David Cameron’s welfare reforms, is intended to help the record number of jobless youths improve their CVs and find work in a difficult economic climate.
But opponents say people who quit halfway through their placements are docked of unemployment benefits for two weeks as punishment — and that the scheme allows major corporations to exploit a large pool of free labour.
The resulting furore has seen a number of big-name backers distance themselves from the scheme, including Tesco, the world’s third-largest retailer.
Campaigners say the 34,200 youths who have taken part in the scheme so far have provided unpaid labour worth £67.5 million to companies that also include fast food giant McDonalds.
“If there are people who feel they’re coerced to work for nothing, ‘slave labour’ isn’t a bad description of it,” said Michael Bradley of the Right to Work campaign.
“If they aren’t benefiting from doing these placements, and aren’t getting jobs at the end of it, that’s coercion”, he added.
Right to Work says many jobseekers fail to pick up new skills during placements that can last as long as two months, and instead spend up to 30 hours a week doing menial work for huge retailers.
“It’s a demoralising experience for people to stack shelves, not get paid for it, and then know there’s probably not a job coming out of it,” Bradley said.
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