With talk of concerted collective action between the unions in the air, Unite union members joined in a protest against
public sector job cuts with the TUC.
Not exact matches
They will also work
with public -
sector bodies to
cut working hours or even pay in an attempt to reduce
job reductions.
Instead of competing
with the Tories over
cuts, Labour should be demanding a major
public sector investment programme of
job creation in infrastructure, housing, and service provision funded, not by any increas in
public borrowing, but by taxing the 0.1 % super-rich on their # 190bn gains since the crash 4 years ago.
Nearly 500,000
public sector jobs will be slashed over the next four years as the government tries to clear its deficit
with its biggest round of spending
cuts since World War II.
More than a million
public sector workers are expected to strike in a series of disputes
with the government over pay, pensions and
job cuts.
The recession has hit the
public sector particularly hard,
with 15 % of local authorities planning to make
job cuts in 2009, according to the Local Government Association.
With public sector job cuts happening across the UK, Oxford are likely to be hit quite badly and see a growing number of local residents going through redundancy and therefore needing career management or outplacement services.
With the current
job cuts, especially in the
public sector, competition is fierce and the current
job market has never been so tough, career advice and a fully functional CV has never been more important.