Mondays 6pm
Breadline Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union(AUWU) show by the unemployed, for the unemployed, independent volunteer organisation.
Need advice ? Call the AUWU Advocacy Line on 1800 289 848 (1800 AUWU4U), which operates from 10 AM to 2 PM Monday to Friday.
3CR
https://www.3cr.org.au/breadline
Raising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.
This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/
#AUWU #breadline #costoflivingcrisis #dole #jobseeker #povertyline #RaiseTheRate #unemployedworkers
Pressure mounts on Labour to scrap cruel ‘sibling penalty’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pressure-piles-labour-scrap-cruel-sibling-penalty-campaigners-warn-most-large
#Labour
#Benefits
#2ChildBenefitsCap
#SiblingPenalty
#2ChildBenefitLimit
#UniversalCredit
#UC
#ChildTaxCredit
#DWP
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BREADLINE is presented by the #AUWU Australian #UnemployedWorkers #Union Monday 6-6:30pm
By the unemployed for the unemployed the AUWU members will cover the latest inequities of the "welfare" system and how to organise to fight back!
#3CR has given space on the airwaves and stood in #solidarity with unemployed workers since 1976.
You can listen live or listen back anytime
https://www.3cr.org.au/breadline
“Completely Legal” $4.20 p/hour (*wage theft )
At $1,002.50 a fortnight for a single person, the DSP is higher than jobseeker, but still well below the poverty line (approximately $1,204 in 2023).
* minimum wage $23.23 an hour
#povertyline #breadline #workingpoor #minimumwage #NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) #DSP (Disability Support Pension) #JobSeeker
#RaiseTheRate
Abolish Subminimum Wage
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Ace Frehley: 'It's Back to the Breadline' for Tommy Thayer
Ace Frehley discussed his upcoming solo album '10,000 Volts' and took a swipe at his Kiss successor Tommy Thayer in a January 2024 interview.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ace-frehley-tommy-thayer-breadline/
#AceFrehley #KISS #TommyThayer #Breadline #ChildhoodHunger #ProduceForKids #CharityWork #VolunteerWork #GivingBack #RaiseAwareness #CharityEvent
This is a reminder to donate a few hours to your local soup kitchen. Hope your day is fantastic!
#BreadLine #soupkitchen #volunteer #Fairbanks #give #community
#Language and #Languages
Miscellanea
You do know about the linguistic #BREADLINE?
In linguistic terms, the bread line is an imaginary line drawn roughly east-west in Europe.
Those to the north of the bread line use words beginning with 'b' for bread.
brot German
bukë Albanian
brød Danish, Norwegian
bröd Swedish
brood Dutch
brauð Icelandic
Southern European languages use some variant of 'panem' (Latin).
pani Corsican
pain French
pa Catalan
pan Spanish
pane Italian
Sports charity helping disadvantaged Londoners: ‘Every week we run out of money and must make a miracle’ | The Independent
#Charity
#CharityMoneyShortage
#Breadline
#SportsCharity
#London
On the Breadline: Solidarity Sports run a weekly group for under-fives in west London, reports David Cohen
#ToriesDestroyingOurCountry #ReinstateOurNHS
#ReviveTheNHS #RejoinEU #GeneralElectionNow #GeneralStrikeNow #FairPayForNursing #CorruptToriesOutNow #CostOfLivingCrisis #PPEScandal #Breadline
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Trying to keep up with the bills
Cost of Living Crisis
#CostofLiving #EnergyBills #RisingPrices #CostofLivingCrisis #Bills #CorporateGreed #FuelPoverty #FoodPoverty #InWorkPoverty #Breadline #StopHunger #FoodBanks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/26/cost-of-living-crisis-failing-social-security-system
Millions of people in #Britain find themselves falling below the #breadline. The cost of living with Boris #Johnson as prime minister is all too high.
New startup, that hopes to disrupt Uber when Bernie wins the election, is purchasing cars all over Cuba. Opening plant to make cheap reproductions in AOC's district
