<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Martin Mair</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mm@mediaweb.at">mm@mediaweb.at</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 1:48 AM<br>Subject: [Networkedlabour] Holidays for the Unemployed n Austria: The protest continues<br>To: <a href="mailto:networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org">networkedlabour@lists.contrast.org</a><br><br><br>
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Maybe a little bit off topic, but i dont share many international
mailinglists at the moment ...<br>
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Please support and share!<br>
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We are also looking for contacts to groups of unemployed in other
countries to set up an international network.<br>
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We are building up an international newsletter/press release list.
Who is interested to get it, please send an email to
<a href="mailto:international@aktive-arbeitslose.at" target="_blank">international@aktive-arbeitslose.at</a><br>
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We are also looking for interantional newsletter / internet
plattforms to spread our infos (we are just at labourstart)<br>
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Unemployed of the world unite!<br>
<br>
Martin Mair<br>
Chairman "Active Unemployed Austria"<br>
<h1><span>Holidays for the Unemployed:</span> The
protest continues </h1>
<h1>„Aktive Arbeitslose Österreich“ (Austrian Active Unemployed) are
starting an international online petition</h1>
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<p><a href="http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at/bilder/news/Urlaub_fuer_Arbeitslose.jpg" target="_blank"><br>
Download picture in high resolution</a></p>
<p> (Vienna 2014-08-27) A Flash Mob on the 8th of August in the city
at „Wiener Graben“ was a great success. About 20 unemployed people
were sunbathing at the Graben, in front of the Erste Bank and
socialised with guest from all over the world. This was a protest,
that in Austria unemployed cant leave their without loosing
benefits and social insurance. 50 picture postcards to the social
services minister, where international guest demanded the right to
holidays for the unemployed. </p>
<p>More of those picture post cards can be either ordered at „Active
Unemployed Austria“ or can be downloaded as a copy. </p>
<p>The organisation „Active Unemployed Austria“ has started now an
online petition. Their first one both in German and English for
attracting international supporters. So it should be drawn
international attention, that compared with those of other
countries the Austrian unemployed insurance is a rigid one. Even
in Germany for unemployed people, which are recipients of the
Social benefit called Hartz IV, it is possible to go on holiday
abroad up to 3 weeks, but as agreed upon to the Job Centre. </p>
<p>With this online petition "Active Unemployed Austria" wants to
foster the international intercommunication of unemployed people
abroad. Fort the next year the 8th of August should be proclaimed
as an international action day for the right of recreational
holiday and family holiday. Because the unemployment is not caused
by the unemployed itself but by the globalized capitalism.
Therefore this problem must be combatted worldwide. </p>
<h4>Further Queries:</h4>
<p>Mag. Ing. Martin Mair <br>
Chairman of „Aktive Arbeitslose Österreich“ <br>
<a href="http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at" target="_blank">http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at</a><br>
<a href="mailto:kontakt@aktive-arbeitslose.at" target="_blank">kontakt@aktive-arbeitslose.at</a>
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Tel.: <a href="tel:%2B43%20676%203548310" value="+436763548310" target="_blank">+43 676 3548310</a> </p>
<h4>Links: </h4>
<ul>
<li>Online-Petition to the social services minister Rudolf
Hundstorfer: Urlaub für Arbeitslose / Holidays for Unemployed! <br>
<a href="https://www.change.org/p/recht-auf-urlaub-f%C3%BCr-arbeitslose-richt-to-holiday-for-unemployed" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/recht-auf-urlaub-f%C3%BCr-arbeitslose-richt-to-holiday-for-unemployed</a>
<ul>
<li>Shortlink:<a href="http://bit.ly/holydaysforunemployed" target="_blank">
http://bit.ly/holydaysforunemployed</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Postcard as PDF for Download <br>
<a href="http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at/download/urlaubsaktion_postkarten.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at/download/urlaubsaktion_postkarten.pdf</a><br>
Infoflyer about this action (German/English): <br>
<a href="http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at/download/Urlaubsaktion_Info.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.aktive-arbeitslose.at/download/Urlaubsaktion_Info.pdf</a></li>
<li>Photos of the Flash-Mob: <br>
<a href="https://secure.flickr.com/photos/martinmair/sets/72157646463573062/" target="_blank">https://secure.flickr.com/photos/martinmair/sets/72157646463573062/</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Background: What is this action about? </h4>
<p>Unemployment and the search for a new work, further often useless
coercive measures of the work agency and the daily fight against
against bureaucracy are very exhausting. For the partner or the
whole family this situation is very demanding. Both financially
and psychically. </p>
<p>Unlike many other industrialised countries, in Austria unemployed
people lose unemployment benefit and health insurance if they go
abroad. Even family members living abroad cannot be visited. First
of all the families and the children of the unemployed are
suffering of this situation. Even though the unemployed paid their
unemployment insurance over many years. They even are not
responsible, that there are not enough jobs. But the government is
restricting the human rights to family life and free movement. </p>
<p>Aggravating this situation there is a lack of money, why, for
example a German left wing party called “Die Linke” demand a
holiday pay for the poor. </p>
<h1><small><small><small>Leave arrangements in other countries
(first research findings) </small></small></small></h1>
<ul>
<li>Germany: 21 day holiday for the recipients of Hartz-IV <br>
<a href="http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-ihr-anspruch-auf-urlaub4433.php" target="_blank">http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/hartz-iv-ihr-anspruch-auf-urlaub4433.php</a></li>
<li>Ireland: two weeks of holiday, pensioners and invalidity
pensioners can go abroad entirely <a href="http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/claiming_a_social_welfare_payment/going_abroad_and_social_welfare_payments.html" target="_blank">http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/claiming_a_social_welfare_payment/going_abroad_and_social_welfare_payments.html</a></li>
<li>Switzerland: 5 days of paid holidays after 60 days of
unemployment under control <a href="http://www.vol.be.ch/vol/de/index/arbeit/arbeitslosigkeit/vorgehen_arbeitslosigkeit.assetref/dam/documents/VOL/BECO/de/Arbeit/beco-arbeit-rav-an-infobroschuere_DE.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.vol.be.ch/vol/de/index/arbeit/arbeitslosigkeit/vorgehen_arbeitslosigkeit.assetref/dam/documents/VOL/BECO/de/Arbeit/beco-arbeit-rav-an-infobroschuere_DE.pdf</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If You have information about other countries, please send it to
<a href="mailto:kontakt@aktive-arbeitslsoe.at" target="_blank">kontakt@aktive-arbeitslsoe.at</a></p>
<h4>Related Actions to the topic „Holidays for Unemployed“:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Does everyone have a right to a summer holiday? (13.8.2014)<br>
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/13/katja-kipping-die-linke-holiday-vouchers-benefits-claimants" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/13/katja-kipping-die-linke-holiday-vouchers-benefits-claimants</a></li>
<li>Summertime – holiday season for everybody a plea for a right
to holidays (9.8.2014) [German]<br>
<a href="http://www.katja-kipping.de/de/article/818.sommerzeit-urlaubszeit-f%C3%BCr-alle.html" target="_blank">http://www.katja-kipping.de/de/article/818.sommerzeit-urlaubszeit-f%C3%BCr-alle.html</a></li>
<li>Left party claims the right to holidays (10.8.2014) [German]<br>
<a href="http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article131061222/Linkspartei-fordert-Recht-auf-Urlaubsreisen.html" target="_blank">http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article131061222/Linkspartei-fordert-Recht-auf-Urlaubsreisen.html<br>
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