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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

AUWU
https://www.auwu.org.au/your-rights

#3CR #CommunityRadio #AUWU #Breadline #unemployed

Breadline

Breadline is presented by the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union (AUWU) a registered charity run by the unemployed, for the unemployed, as an independent volunteer organisation.Check out all the latest fact sheets about your rights on our website.Need advice ? Call the AUWU Advocacy Line on 1800 289 848 (1800 AUWU4U), which operates from 10 AM to 2 PM Monday to Friday.Email us on breadline3CR@gmail.com

3CR Community Radio

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

Jobseeker payments are too low

No-one in Australia should have to live on $56 a day. The current Jobseeker payment is inadequate by every metric, and the majority of families that rely on it live below the poverty line.

The Australia Institute
Pressure mounts on Labour to scrap cruel ‘sibling penalty’

Morning Star

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!

https://www.auwu.org.au/

#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

#communityradio #breadline

AUWU

AUWU

“Completely Legal” $4.20 p/hour (*wage theft )

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/28/larry-was-paid-420-an-hour-in-australia-its-not-enough-to-live-on-but-its-completely-legal

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

https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/4796992/Poverty-Lines-Australia-June-Quarter-2023.pdf

#povertyline #breadline #workingpoor #minimumwage #NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) #DSP (Disability Support Pension) #JobSeeker
#RaiseTheRate

Abolish Subminimum Wage
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGVqOu2taAutO7QIK12lYPVGzvn9sZPCc_gaML9LE29KZ7kw/viewform

Larry was paid $4.20 an hour in Australia. It’s not enough to live on – but it’s completely legal

People with intellectual disability are getting hourly wages that don’t even cover their bus trips to work. Advocates believe it’s time for a radical overhaul

The Guardian

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#UltimateClassicRock
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

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.

Ultimate Classic Rock

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sport-charity-breadline-appeal-christmas-b2239944.html

‘Every week we run out of money and must make a miracle’: The sports charity helping disadvantaged Londoners

On the Breadline: Solidarity Sports run a weekly group for under-fives in west London, reports David Cohen

The Independent