Lowest U.K. unemployment for 48 years.

[Deleted member 18243]

The real amount of unemployed is 5.3 million, being paid handsomely to stay at home idle all day.

Also there are 6.3 million foreign born workers here, which is almost 1 in 5 of all workers.

How much of our need for workers is due to all these foreigners being here, and to all this dole money being paid every week I wonder?

(Info from Peter Hitchens MOS 28 Aug link already posted).

 

[denso13]

being paid handsomely to stay at home idle all day.

More nonsense.

 

[Pat ex]

Mottie approves of strike action to increase pay.

Mottie's claims have been refuted (yet again) so he pretends his claim was tongue-in-cheek trolling after all.

 

[Notch7]

And on the brightside its driving wages up instead of minimum wage and no real enhancements for overtime warehouse work paying 12 quid an hour and over also time and a half for overtime with many firms directly employing people instead of going through agencies . They have even took to the skies around my way with planes dragging banners offering jobs

If the UK had collective wage bargaining, UK workers wouldnt need to rely on market forces to dictate a fair living wage

 

[Mottie]

Mottie's claims have been refuted (yet again) so he pretends his claim was tongue-in-cheek trolling after all.

Many a true word spoken in jest. Have you not heard that over there where you are?
Still one missing - it may be on an extended work shift at the care home though……

 

[gas112]

If the UK had collective wage bargaining, UK workers wouldnt need to rely on market forces to dictate a fair living wage

and if union leaders hadnt nearly brought the country to its knees people would have far more belief and support for them not to mention being in managements pockets for decades

 

[Pat ex]

Still one missing - it may be on an extended work shift at the care home though……

I heard that the vast majority of care workers were on extended shifts due to the shortage of care workers.
Is that right?

They should employ more people, it might help with your claims of employment data.

 

[Mottie]

They should employ more people, it might help with your claims of employment data.

No 'might' about it. Employed people are employment figures!

 

[Pat ex]

No 'might' about it. Employed people are employment figures!

Not if they're sitting about waiting for the telephone to offer them a few hours.

 

[Mottie]

Make your mind up.

 

[Pat ex]

Make your mind up.

My mind is crystal clear.
Employed people are not really employed usefully if they're just sitting about waiting for the phone to ring. But it does inflate the 'employment' figures.
Do you need that explaining in greater detail?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Driving wages up as prices are going up isn't of any advantage or benefit. In fact wages aren't going up as quick as prices so it's actually a real terms decrease.

 

[foxhole]

I heard that the vast majority of care workers were on extended shifts due to the shortage of care workers.
Is that right?

They should employ more people, it might help with your claims of employment data.

My sister in law does several 15 hr shifts as a carer and also gets asked to work her days off .