Wait a minute! I always heard, "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the *rich* and the *poor* alike to *sleep under bridges*, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." Does this mean the queen is going to start sleeping under bridges next?
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Ray Harrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Jobless worked unpaid at queen's jubilee and slept under London Bridge**** > > * * > > *By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com* > > A group of unemployed people were brought to London to do unpaid work at > the queen’s jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under a city bridge, a > British newspaper reported on Tuesday.**** > > ** ** > > *The Guardian newspaper > reported<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/04/jubilee-pageant-unemployed> > * that long-term jobless from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth in western > England were taken by bus to the capital city for “work experience” as > crowd-control staff lining the route of the river pageant and other events, > and the chance to get paid employment at the London Olympics.**** > > The security company that ran the security operation said while the > unemployed people were not paid, they did receive boots and clothing worth > more than $180 and a security industry license costing about $390. It added > that the bridge incident "should never have happened."**** > > * * > > *'Raining and freezing'* > One of the group told The Guardian that they arrived in London at 3 a.m. > local time Sunday after a four-hour bus drive from Bristol.**** > > *The excitement over Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee festivities > were tempered by news that her husband, Prince Philip, was hospitalized > with a bladder infection. NBC's Duncan Golestani reports on the Prince's > condition.* > > * * > > “We all got off the coach and we were stranded on the side of the road for > 20 minutes until they came back and told us all to follow them,” the woman > told The Guardian. “We followed them under London Bridge and that’s where > they told us to camp out for the night … it was raining and freezing.”**** > > *After the family dramas of the '80s and '90s, Queen Elizabeth II appears > to have embraced Prince Charles' wife, Camilla, as well as Duchess > Catherine, the new wife of Prince William. NBC's Michelle Kosinski reports > on the trio of women who have been seen enjoying one another's company > throughout the Jubilee festivities.* > > **** > > She and another jobless person -- the paper said both did not want to be > named for fear they would lose their welfare payments -- said they had to > change into security clothes in public and had no access to toilets for 24 > hours. After a 14-hour shift Sunday, they went to sleep in a tent on the > outskirts of the city.**** > > ** ** > > *Jubilee celebrations: Queen cuts a lonely figure at church > service*<http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/05/12062377-diamond-jubilee-celebrations-queen-cuts-a-lonely-figure-at-church-service> > **** > > They claimed they had initially been told they would be paid and only > learned they would not as they got onto the bus Saturday night.**** > > *Queen Elizabeth II attended a service St. Paul's Cathedral in honor of > her Diamond Jubilee and was later treated to a concert by music legends > Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. TODAY's Matt Lauer reports > and reviews the festivities with royal expert Camilla Tominey, historian > Andrew Roberts, and Christopher Dickey of Newsweek and The Daily Beast.* > > * * > > The jobless group was working for* **Close Protection > UK<http://www.close-protectionuk.co.uk/> > *, a private firm that won a contract to provide stewards to help control > the crowds during the jubilee celebrations and will also provide stewards > for the Olympics.**** > > ** ** > > “The London Bridge incident should never have happened but was to some > extent outside our control,” Molly Prince, managing director of Close > Protection UK, said in an emailed statement.**** > > ** ** > > *'Not for the faint hearted'* > “The nature of Festival & Event work is such that we often travel sleeping > on coaches through the night with an early morning pre-event start,” she > added. “It is the nature of the business and there is no misconception > about this, it’s hard work and not for the faint hearted.”**** > > However she said the bus drivers had “insisted on leaving” after they > arrived in London at 3 a.m. Sunday.**** > > “For this we sincerely apologize,” the statement added. “… The Drivers > said their work was done even though they were there 2 hours ahead of > schedule.”**** > > * * > > *A gloomy, gray - and great - day for the > UK<http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/03/12035898-a-gloomy-gray-and-great-day-for-the-uk?lite> > ***** > > She said the firm would not be using the bus company again.**** > > Prince wrote that most of the people who worked at the pageant were > “happy, fed and looked after as best [as] possible under the circumstances." > **** > > “We are not in the business of exploiting anyone,” she added.**** > > * * > > *Diamond Jubilee: From ska to pop, stars rock Buckingham > Palace<http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/04/12042314-diamond-jubilee-from-ska-to-pop-stars-rock-buckingham-palace> > ***** > > Prince said in another email to msnbc.com that the Guardian article and > media spin "could jeopardize my entire business."**** > > She added the "20 or so volunteers" had been taken "off the job" Tuesday.* > *** > > ** ** > > The jobless people were placed with Close Protection UK by a charity, > called *Tomorrow’s People <http://www.tomorrows-people.org.uk/>*.**** > > Abi Levitt, the charity’s director of development services, told > msnbc.comthat the drivers' departure was a “very unfortunate incident." > **** > > She stressed taking the unpaid work was “absolutely voluntary for a day at > the jubilee.”**** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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