Responding to the latest labour
market figures published today (Wednesday), TUC Regional Secretary Rob Johnston, (above) said:
“With wages increasing by just 1.7
per cent, barely enough to keep up with a prices measure that doesn’t even
include housing costs, the cost of living crisis is far from solved. This is
not worth even half a cheer.
“Workers are still on average £40
a week worse off than they were in 2010, and we will need months of much better
figures to take us anywhere near a recovery to pre-crash living standards. This
government will have at best presided over more than three times as many months
when living standards fell than when they rose.
“It’s encouraging that the
economy is creating jobs – and that young people are finally sharing in the
jobs improvements. But this only tells part of the story. With three in five
recent jobs created being self-employed, many people find that work no longer offers
the security, basic workplace rights and decent pay that most expect.
“The time to celebrate recovery
will be when ordinary workers return to pre-crash living standards and the
economy is generating more secure skilled jobs with good prospects and decent
pay.”
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