THERE have been many announcements of closures and jobs losses. From British Steel, to Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire, to Boots the chemist, to car makers Ford, and most of all, in retail.
With all these industries falling by the wayside, where are all the people going to work?
According to the government there is supposed to be a jobs boom with more people in work since records began in the 1970s.
Back then, of course, a job was the real deal as only one parent needed to work to cover the entire family financially.
Today, being in employment is an absolute sham. It’s embarrassing to see ministers patting themselves on the back for creating a low-wage, zero-hours society.
People scrambling for a few hours’ work is something you’d expect to find during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Folk cannot live off a few hours’ work.
We are not all as fortunate as the likes of soccer pundit Gary Lineker who gets paid approximately £33,653 a week by the BBC for a few hours’ work spouting rubbish about football on Match of the Day.
Stephen Dixon, Redcar
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