Social Security staff across Belfast urged to refuse to implement Tory/Stormont cuts. As part of the wider campaign against the savage benefits cuts proposed in the looming ‘Welfare Reform Bill’, Republican Network for Unity’s ‘Nora Connolly Cumann’ today entered ‘Jobs and Benefits’ offices across Belfast and distributed leaflets to staff urging them to play their part in resisting the Tory/Stormont attacks.
RNU today brought a message to both Protestant and Catholic workers, that there is more which joins us than divides us, that a united class based approach is now required to defeat a common enemy. The very essence of Irish Republicanism.
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| Republicans Inside the Rathcoole Office |
The leaflets distributed spelt out exactly how the forthcoming ‘Welfare Reform Bill’ will spell job losses for front line staff who work in ‘Jobs & Benefits’. It also explains how those who manage to hold on to their jobs will be expected by the state to feel the brunt of working class frustrations, as over £600 million a year is taken from the pockets of the most vulnerable here.
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| R.N.U. Activists Outside the Shankill Offices this week |
Workers at all sites accepted the leaflets and RNU activists were encouraged by the clear interest shown by those who left their desks to read our message which stated clearly …”Front line Social Security staff are vital in the implementation of the Welfare Reform Bill, without your co-operation cuts cannot happen.”
The ‘Welfare Reform Bill’ if implemented promises to plunge tens of thousands of families here into further financial despair by introducing a cap on household benefits, extending draconian eligibility criteria into what is currently the DLA application process as well as introducing a ‘Bedroom tax’ which is set to force families out of long term homes or face the prospect of crushing poverty rates.
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| Shankill Republicans Commemorating Wolfe Tone (1930's) |
RNU today brought a message to both Protestant and Catholic workers, that there is more which joins us than divides us, that a united class based approach is now required to defeat a common enemy. The very essence of Irish Republicanism.
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