18/07/2012, Ⓐ International Workers Association / Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA-AIT) Ⓐ

Pizza Hut distance themselves from workfare after H&B withdraw

Following enquiries from Solfed, Pizza Hut have confirmed they are no longer using workfare and do not intend to in the future. A spokeperson for Pizza Hut said “none of our restaurants currently take part in the workfare scheme, and haven't for the last six months, and we have no plans to change our hiring practices."

Five Pizza Hut restaurants had been using claimants from the work experience element of workfare but the company is keen to stress this was not national policy. In the middle of a pasta based makeover, Pizza Hut understandably wants to steer clear of association with the government scheme. With Holland & Barrett the latest in a growing number of companies to pull out, workfare is fast becoming toxic on the high street.

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Drop the Charges against Comrade Sergio Monte

Adding one more case to the escalation of repression that has been carried out by the state in recent years, which seeks a criminalization of social protest, three colleagues from the FORA were charged after a labor dispute, one of which faces a criminal trial for "coercion."

During the month of April 2011 a conflict developed a conflict against the owner of the bar Único, Nicolás Beccar Varela, through the SROV Capital (affiliated to FORA) who were demanding the reinstatement of a sacked colleague.

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Desprocesamiento del compañero Sergio Monte

Sumando un caso más a la escalada represiva que se viene llevando a cabo desde el Estado en los últimos años, en los que se busca una criminalización de la protesta social, tres compañeros de la F.O.R.A. fueron imputados tras un conflicto laboral, de los cuales uno atraviesa un proceso penal bajo la carátula de “coacción”.

Durante el mes de abril del 2011 se desarrolló un conflicto contra el dueño del bar Único, Nicolás Beccar Varela, impulsado por la Sociedad de Resistencia de Oficios Varios Capital (adherida a la F.O.R.A.) quienes exigíamos la reincorporación del compañero despedido.

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