Unemployment figures mask concern over quality of jobs

 

Commenting on today’s employment figures, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said:

“Any fall in unemployment is welcome but the headline figures mask growing concern over the quality of jobs being created. The reality is that today’s workforce is increasingly made up of workers on casual and zero hour contracts, and those who are termed self-employed but struggling to make a living.

“The lack of growth in earnings is being felt keenly by embattled public sector workers.  They have endured four years of job uncertainty and decreasing wages and are certainly not feeling the benefits of the so-called economic recovery.”

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