jobcentres strike as 49000 lose jobs

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Rise ... unemployment

JOBCENTRE staff were due to walk out today - as it was revealed 49,000 more people have LOST their jobs.

Around 3,000 vital call centre staff are striking for 48 hours - in protest at being >>worked too hard.<< ~~~~~~

The Public and Commercial Services Union said the workers were upset over "excessive monitoring" and pressure to answer more calls.

Figures ... unemployment increase to 2.5million


It came hours after news UK unemployment rose by more than 49,000 to 2.5million in the three months to December.

Youth unemployment leapt by 32,000 to 951,000.

One in five of the country's 16 to 24-year-olds are now out of work. The number of people "economically inactive" - sick, caring for family or "discouraged" workers - hit 9.4million.

And campaign group Migration Watch said two in three jobs filled last summer went to foreigners, mainly East Europeans.

PM David Cameron admitted rising unemployment was a "huge concern" during a fierce exchange in the Commons.

But he insisted there were positive signs.

The number of people registering for jobseekers allowance fell by 4,100 to 1.46million in December.

And the number of vacancies rose by 18,000 to 480,000.
He said: "The biggest task facing this country is to get to grips with the long-term structural problem of youth unemployment.

It went up 40 per cent under Labour."

But Labour leader Ed Miliband insisted: "The truth is you are cutting too far and too fast and it is British people who are paying the price."

Experts warned unemployment was certain to rise as Government spending cuts hit the public sector.

The GMB union claimed more than 125,000 council workers already face the axe.
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[Lainie]

believe me when i say you have no idea what its like to work there. every single minute of your day is monitored. ie if staff take a break to go to the loo they get pulled up if they are away from theirr desks for more than 8 minutes!
btw its NOT all the contact centres that are out on strike. its the benefit delivery centres where the staff are moving into the contact centre directorate that are out on strike as they know what its like to be in the contact centres. its a massive change to their terms and conditions.

id love to tell you more however i cant for obvious reasons as my mate would get into bother.

[Meat-Head]

every single minute of your day is monitored. ie if staff take a break to go to the loo they get pulled up if they are away from theirr desks for more than 8 minutes!

1) NO OFFENSE - but we are tax payers, paying your wages, would logic dictate it's in the taxpayers intrearsts to have staff working nor skiving

2) DON"T BLAME YA - having to deal with fat unemployed smelly people
polish, irrtants, old people etc etc.

Oh if you change your job DO NOT work at B&Q - wednesday old folks day
apparantly it's a night mare.