Friday, February 15, 2013

Stigmatise the unemployed?


I am tired of the media blaming 'shirkers' for this country's problems, a quick search of the real data is enough to see the real picture.  Firstly, most unemployed have been unemployed for less than a year, they paid their National Insurance and are fucking entitled to dole, that's the fucking point! Nationally there are 5 people for every job vacancy, that goes up to 35 here on The Wirral, 35 people for every available vacancy, it's not rocket science, that means no jobs for 34 people!The majority of long term unemployed are over 50 years old, the group who are discriminated against the most in the job market. 

There most certainly are some lazy bastards out there, milking the system, and more needs to be done to find them, but the numbers are 5% of the total at the very most.
Give people on the dole a fucking break, they are not animals who need to be punished and stigmatised, if you want them off the dole choose a fucking government that will create jobs and not just give tax breaks to the rich.
Remember- you may be one of those on the dole, and that doesn't make you scum.
n.b. I am not on the dole, and if after being here for 6 months or so and I can't find any decent work, i have the option of finding it elsewhere. 

Source:LabourForceSurvey
Nationally there are 5.1 unemployed for every vacancy.
The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 for September to November 2012 was 71.4%, There were 29.68 million people in employment aged 16 and over, up 90,000 from June to August 2012.
The unemployment rate for September to November 2012 was 7.7% of the economically active population, There were 2.49 million unemployed people.
The inactivity rate for those aged from 16 to 64 for September to November 2012 was 22.5%, There were 9.03 million economically inactive people(this includes me, not claiming and not working) aged from 16 to 64,
WHO IS UNEMPLOYED?
HOW LONG?
32% up to 3 months
20% 3months to 6 months
26% 6-12 monthss
That means 73% of claimants claim for less than 1 year.

27% claiming more than 12 months for all ages
highest group 36% over 50 yrs old.
less than 10% claim more than 2 years, tthe majority of those 50+ years old
6.5% all workers on temporary work
24% part time work
2.5% have 2 part-time jobs

Source
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-222531

enquiries: labour.market@ons.gov.uk

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