Ethics & Interns
This event looks really interesting next week – looking at Internships and all the problems they bring along.
http://ethicsandinterns.eventbrite.com/
Seems pretty pertinent given the whole slave labour/Tesco situation going on with the benefits system.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/16/youn…
I hate this, hate the fact that these profit making companies aren’t bound by minimum wage legislation and also by the fact that it’s presented to the public as an improvement on people doing ‘nothing’. It may increase self-esteem to be busy and doing something – agreed, and hopefully some people will get proper jobs afterwards. However, the fact that people who refuse to do this unpaid work may lose their benefits is just horrendous. Why should the taxpayer subsidise companies with shareholders?
