Britain's Unemployed Problem. A "RIGHT TO WORK" MANIFESTO.

Progress, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 May 1906, Page 173

Britain's Unemployed Problem. A " RIGHT TO WORK " MANIFESTO.

The " Right to Work " National Council have issued an " appeal to the people," in which they affirm that, " as all workers must work in order to live, all workers have a right to demand work." The manifesto continues :—: — " We are seeing in Russia what united action can accomplish. Shall the enfranchised workers, with their wives and little ones, in this the richest nation in the world continue to suffer in silence ? The Right to Work National Council urges the men and women of the nation to unite in a determined effort," and formulates these demands : (a) The amending of the Unemployed Workmen Act to give power to national and local authorities to take such action as will enable them to place useful work within the reach of all applicants ; (b) The voting of money from the National Exchequer necessary to finance the farm colonies and other works for dealing with unemployment ; (c) The putting in hand of works of utility in order to give employment such as afforestation, reclamation, of improvement and cultivation of land, the building of harbours of refuge, and other similar undertakings of a national character ; (d) The issuing of reasonable regulations by the Local Government Board. "