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> Over the past two decades the number of Britons receiving jobless benefits, as a share of those out of work, has fallen from 80% to 50%. That may, in turn, ha
by thatfrenchguy 7y ago
> Over the past two decades the number of Britons receiving jobless benefits, as a share of those out of work, has fallen from 80% to 50%. That may, in turn, have made wages more flexible. Workers will take wage cuts if necessary in order to avoid unemployment
In other ways, people are taking bad underpaid jobs they would never take otherwise to avoid starving. That’s not really something to be proud of as a society.
- antihero 7y agoYeah absolutely fuck everything about this whole situation. Tories have managed to manipulate stats about unemployment by including zero-hour jobs that means that people are completely beholden to their "employer" to give them enough hours to work. This government has absolutely shat on people, especially the younger generation. Anything you read about people that enjoy the "flexibility" of zero hours? Absolute fucking shit. It's flexible if you are a consultant that is paid £700 a day. If you're on minimum wage then it's people fighting to the death just be able to work enough to move out of their parents houses or pay rent. Utterly exploitative and dishonest society.