MARCH WITH THE JARROW MARCHERS IN RUGBY ON TUESDAY 25TH OCTOBER

http://jarrowmarch11.com/

The excellent initiative to draw attention to the plight of young people, The Jarrow - London March organised by the Youth Fight For Jobs will be visiting Rugby on the way to London on Tuesday 25th October.

The march has been enthusiastically received by all the communities it has visited and we must do the same in Rugby!

Rugby Green Party members will be meeting the marchers, with our excellent new banner at the Sheaf and Sickle Pub, in Long Lawford and taking part in the march into Rugby at 2pm for the rally at 3pm.

please come along and show support!

TUES OCT 25 1 pm MEET MARCHERS AT SHEAF & SICKLE, LONG LAWFORD

2pm MARCH INTO RUGBY

2pm STALL AT CLOCK TOWER (Yes we need to do both at same time)

3pm RALLY AT CLOCK TOWER

About the Campaign;

Youth Fight for Jobs, a campaigning organisation, is marching from Jarrow to London, starting on 1 October 2011. This is on the 75 anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade, when 200 unemployed workers took a similar route to raise awareness of mass unemployment. Today, as unemployment and youth unemployment soars, the ConDem coalition is axing jobs and services; this new campaign is absolutely vital.

On the Jarrow March we are demanding:

• A massive government scheme to create jobs which are socially useful and apprenticeships which offer guaranteed jobs at the end – both paying at least the minimum wage, with no youth exemptions.
• The immediate reinstatement of EMA payments, expanding them to be available to all 16-19 year olds. Scrap university fees, for free high quality education.
• The immediate re-opening of all youth services that have been closed, including reinstating sacked staff.
• The scrapping of ‘workfare’ schemes – benefits should be based on need not forced slave labour.
• A massive building programme of environmentally sound, cheap social housing.