Unite's reaction to unemployment figures
16 June 2010
Unemployment increased by 23,000 between February and April 2010
to 2.47 million, official figures showed today (16 June).
Unite's joint general secretary, Tony Woodley, said: "Cameron
and Clegg can not claim any economic competence when they are
complacently presiding over increasing unemployment. The
Con-Dem government is determined to slash public services and put
even more people on the dole. Unemployment is never a price worth
paying, it destroys lives and leaves permanent scars on our
communities.
"The Con-Dem government has working families staring over a
precipice and from next Tuesday (when the emergency budget will be
announced) it is going to start trying to push us off unless
we are prepared to fight back."
ENDS
Contact: Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315
