{"id":1473,"date":"2014-09-17T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2014-09-18T12:14:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T11:14:34","slug":"truth-behind-rosy-job-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Truth behind \u00e2\u20ac\u0098rosy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 job totals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With unemployment down on paper by 146,000 you might think things are on the up. But the truth is far removed from this rosy government picture.<\/p>\n

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These unemployment figures \u00e2\u20ac\u201c down as you would expect in the summer months \u00e2\u20ac\u201c mask the true nature of unemployment in the UK \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like the growing number of people \u00e2\u20ac\u0098forced\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 into so-called self-employment to get off benefits.<\/p>\n

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The increase in work is based on record low pay and rising insecure employment which is blighting economic recovery. Pay is running significantly and stubbornly far behind the rate of inflation.<\/p>\n

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In fact Unite is so concerned about the true situation for people finding work in Britain today that it is calling for the Commons Treasury select committee to investigate just who exactly are \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the winners and losers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in the jobs market.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge the Treasury select committee to hold hearings to investigate who are the winners and losers in this so-called recovery as it is neither as clear cut, nor as rosy as the government likes to portray,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite general secretary Len McCluskey.<\/p>\n

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He added that there were serious questions to be asked over government claims over this so-called \u00e2\u20ac\u0098road to recovery.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHow can this be the reality?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 asked Len. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere are 4.5m self-employed, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the widespread and insidious use of zero hours\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 contracts, and there are hundreds of thousands of young people losing hope of a future with a decent job.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Unite believes a key area for MPs to investigate should be the long term trends and changes to the UK labour market.<\/p>\n

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MPs should look at just who is benefitting or not, and whether these changes are desirable for the future economic health of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite would be willing to give evidence to such an investigation by MPs,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 added Len.<\/p>\n

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In this one week alone there are thousands of jobs at risk. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe should not forget that nearly 12,000 jobs are under threat at Phones 4U and Birmingham City Council.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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So with the reality being far removed from government figures it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time raise wages and stimulate the economy.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite believes that Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workers need a pay rise to generate economic activity, make workers and their families more secure and to lift thousands out of reliance on benefits,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Len.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With unemployment down on paper by 146,000 you might think things are on the up. But the truth is far removed from this rosy government picture.   These unemployment figures \u00e2\u20ac\u201c down as you would expect in the summer months \u00e2\u20ac\u201c mask the true nature of unemployment in the UK \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like the growing number […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[23,103],"wps_subtitle":"Unite calls for \u00e2\u20ac\u0098true\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 jobless figures probe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}