More On Dole Is No Surprise
Wednesday 16th February
2011
THIS RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT IS
NO SURPRISE SINCE THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF IS DELIBERATELY CREATING
UNEMPLOYMENT WITH PUBLIC SECTOR CUTS
The "hair shirt brigade" from
the City baying for a rise in interest rates need to be told that
it is not possible to deflate your way to growth and a
balanced budget
GMB commented on today's unemployment
figures.
Paul Kenny GMB General Secretary said,
"This rise is no surprise since the Government itself, with
the vocal support of the bankers who caused the recession, is
deliberately creating unemployment with public sector
cuts.
Tens of thousands of council
workers who volunteered for redundancy have already left and have
joined the unemployed register. This is on top of the tens of
thousands of vacant jobs in local councils that have already been
scrapped. So far GMB has logged over 162,000 direct job
losses in the pipeline in 290 councils with more to come. That
figure does not include job losses in the related voluntary and
private sectors due to cuts in public funds or job cuts in other
parts of the public sector.
The "hair shirt brigade" from
the City baying for a rise in interest rates need to be told that
it is not possible to deflate your way to growth and a
balanced budget."
Ends
Contact: GMB Press
Office: Steve Pryle on 07921 289880 or Rose Conroy on 07974
251823.
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