NATIONAL UNITY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RACISM & FASCISM

SATURDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2018
12 noon BBC, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA

Anti-Racism and the Trade Unions
WFTC notes that a high proportion of the British working class is composed of immigrants and their descendants and that these workers have historically played an important role in advancing the interests of all workers. We restate our commitment to equal rights for all workers irrespective of ethnicity or citizenship. In practical terms this means defending the right to stay of EU nationals working and living in the UK and maintaining free movement of labour within the EU

WFTC also notes that Waltham Forest has an ethnically diverse population with huge numbers of low-paid workers; increasing numbers of families struggling on and around the poverty line; a growth in rough sleeping and use of foodbanks; with many support services massively cut due to successive government policies. This is leading to some mistaken opinions regarding the true cause of these problems.… Read on ...

Waltham Forest Stand Up For Your Rights

Waltham Forest Stand Up For Your Rights is a local organisation that supports benefits claimants and campaigns on the problems they face.

Local benefit claimants and others meet every month to provide support and organise campaigning activities. The group is run by a small committee that includes benefit claimants.

Founded in 2016, in its short life to date the group has taken up the cases of claimants badly treated, campaigned against unfair changes in the benefits system, and sanctions against claimants which leave them penniless and vulnerable.

Recently some of the most vulnerable people have had their benefits reduced. For example, disabled claimants of Employment Support Allowance (ESA) have seen their special disability premium abolished, leaving them up to £80 per week worse off.

Further benefits are often administered incorrectly, as recent official reports have highlighted. One person had appealed in May 2017 against a refusal of ESA. The group took up the huge delay in arranging the appeal and helped at their hearing.… Read on ...