Could you work only knowing what your schedule was less than a week in advance? or (like 15% of low-wage workers) less than 24 hours in advance?

The Living Wage Foundation, found this experience for over half of low paid workers; the risk of fluctuating demand has been pushed down to them to deal with.

How can you arrange child-care, school meetings, health appointments in such an environment?

Low wage Britain is hard work for the poor & the middle classes often just don't see it!

#workers

Ruth Patrick on a real life experiment about conditionality & unemployment benefits:

'At the height of the pandemic, the government temporarily paused welfare conditionality, meaning that no one was at risk from a benefit sanction for failing to look for work. During this time, claimants continued to seek work at just the same level as when conditionality was in place, powerful evidence that intensive conditionality is an unnecessary evil'!

#workers #unemployment

theconversation.com/any-hope-o…

Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare

At the height of the pandemic, the government temporarily paused welfare conditionality, but claimants continued to seek work at just the same level as when conditionality was in place.

^{The Conversation}

#Trump Says He’ll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won’t.
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From cutting children's #disability benefits to allowing employers to pocket workers' tips, Trump tried to slash protections for the working poor in ways that have been forgotten by many.

#News #Politics #Government #Election #Election2024 #Workers #DonaldTrump

propublica.org/article/donald-…

What Trump’s Record Suggests About How He’ll Fight for Working-Class Americans

From cutting children's disability benefits to allowing employers to pocket workers' tips, Trump tried to slash protections for the working poor in ways that have been forgotten by many.

^ProPublica

Blame Capitalism: for putting at risk not just your retirement savings but the entire fate of humanity.

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

#capitalism #neoliberalism #classwar #vulnerable #economics #bosses #workers #humanrights #environment #war #BlameCapitalism #livingwage #tax #taxburden #neoliberalism #trickledown #censorship #fossilfuels #mining #retirement

Private equity firms ploughing billions into fossil fuels, analysis reveals

US public sector workers’ retirement savings invested in projects that pump out a billion tonnes of emissions a year

^{Damien Gayle (The Guardian)}