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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2012-06-26 05:29 pm

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[personal profile] loki 2012-06-27 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
You should be pretty aware that many of these "volunteers" were more "volunteered" ie borderline slave labour, so interesting example there! ...god I'm not even British and I'm creeped out & disgusted.

Failure to comply with the conditions of this government work programme can jeopardise benefit entitlement. Substituting unpaid labour for paid labour is exploitation. Worse still in this instance was the blatant disregard for the ‘volunteers’ health and wellbeing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/06/jubilee-jobseekers-modern-britain-worst

http://www.gailcartmail.com/2012/06/jubilee-downpour-was-no-joke-for-some.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/unpaid-river-pageant-stewards-end-864294

(Anonymous) 2012-06-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
wow, wtf british government

i mean, it happens where i live too

but i was sort of hoping that it was just an effect of other shitty circumstances and not a thing that also happen in better of places

(Anonymous) 2012-06-27 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
Just to clear this up, that's something completely different.

I'm actually one of the Games Makers for the Olympics this year, and we're all actual volunteers. It's costing me a considerable amount in terms of transport and accommodation, but that's what I agreed to when I signed up. There's nothing "volunteered" about it - at least from my experience, and from people I've talked to at training.

The reason it's being linked to the Olympics is because the jubilee stewards were going to be paid stewards at the games this summer. That's all.

And back on topic - I knew about my Olympics role before I read THG. Now I can't unsee it.

(Anonymous) 2012-06-27 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
OP here.

Thank you for what you do, the Games Makes are what makes the Olympics happen. Without you guys, this event would not be going ahead.

(Anonymous) 2012-06-27 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
OP here and uh, different event entirely? The Queen's Jubilee has absolutely nothing to do with the Olympics. Try and get your facts straight before telling me about what my organisation does.

Also FYI, the Olympics have very little to do with the government, they're run by a privately funded company called LOCOG.