DTI Occupied

On Wednesday 3rd March activists from the Simon Jones Memorial Campaign held two protests in London. Simon was a casual worker who was killed on his first day of work at Shoreham Docks, having been forced off the dole and in to casual work.

The first protest was staged outside the House of Commons to coincide with the debate on casualisation. People then made their way to the Department of Trade and Industry where they occupied its entrance lobby, demanding that Personnel Selection, the recruitment agency that 'found' Simon the job, be prosecuted for his death. The entrance was blocked for an hour while employees enjoyed an extended lunch break and hundreds of leaflets were distributed to employees and passers by, many of whom expressed support for the campaign.

Simon's death highlights the spread of low-pay and casualisation across Britain; as a spokesperson from the campaign said: "If you want to kill someone, the easiest way to get away with it is to do it at work."

Contact: Simon Jones Memorial Campaign, PO Box 2600, Brighton, E.Sussex, BN2 2DX, http://www.simonjones.org.uk/.