The Good News thread, local jobs, economy etc

[Webbo]

I'm showing the collapse of a stupid inquiry, only good news.

So why didn't you quote the BBC report which wasn't as biased and actually mentioned the fact the inquiry was about the intimidatory tactics used by the unions? 

[purpleronnie]

So why didn't you quote the BBC report which wasn't as biased and actually mentioned the fact the inquiry was about the intimidatory tactics used by the unions? 

 Just another lame tory attempt to get at the unions, the fact it has been 'delayed'  , is good news.

[Guest MattP]

More to the point why was it posted in the good news thread?

[purpleronnie]

More to the point why was it posted in the good news thread?

It's good news for all unions.

[Webbo]

 Just another lame tory attempt to get at the unions, the fact it has been 'delayed'  , is good news.

They didn't send a bunch of thugs to picket Len McLuskey's house.

[Guest MattP]

It's good news for all unions.

Oh wonderful, terrific news Mafia style harassment and bullying will still probably go unpunished.

[purpleronnie]

They didn't send a bunch of thugs to picket Len McLuskey's house.

within the law.

[Guest MattP]

Anotherangryvoice

I don't think even Rincewhine could find a more dodgier blog than that.

[Nick]

Well I hear we've given away some work and a visa to a South American fella with an Italian passport.

 

They come over here and take our jobs.

 

Unbelievable.

[purpleronnie]

Oh wonderful, terrific news Mafia style harassment and bullying will still probably go unpunished.

If you see legitimate lawful protest as a problem then so be it.

[Guest MattP]

Well I hear we've given away some work and a visa to a South American fella with an Italian passport.

They come over here and take our jobs.

Unbelievable.

Damn right as well. A very conservative policy to attract the highly skilled who will contribute significantly to the tax system.

If you see legitimate lawful protest as a problem then so be it.

lol

Clearly a man who has never seen that lot in action.

[purpleronnie]

Damn right as well. A very conservative policy to attract the highly skilled who will contribute significantly to the tax system.

lol

Clearly a man who has never seen that lot in action.

And you have.

[Guest MattP]

And you have.

Certainly have.

[purpleronnie]

Certainly have.

Sure matt, they picketed your house after you put your betting website up.

[Rincewind]

I am enjoying the debate.

[Guest MattP]

Sure matt, they picketed your house after you put your betting website up.

That was Muslims Ron do keep up.

[MooseBreath]

We've gotten so used to this that it barely even seems like news anymore, but unemployment continues to tumble

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28768552

[purpleronnie]

Hopefully it will get as low as we had in the early 2000's under labour.

[Webbo]

Hopefully it will get as low as we had in the early 2000's under labour.

And this time they'll be real jobs and not just none jobs in the public sector.

[Guest MattP]

Hopefully it will get as low as we had in the early 2000's under labour.

And if they achieve that it will be quite incredible considering these would be productive jobs created through investment rather than a government ballooning the public sector with borrowed cash they don't have to cynically try and increase their voter base.

Edited 14 August 2014 by MattP

[Jon the Hat]

And if they achieve that it will be quite incredible considering these would be productive jobs created through investment rather than a government ballooning the public sector with borrowed cash they don't have to cynically try and increase their voter base.

 

I wonder how many of the 1Million public sectors jobs Gordon created have gone now. 

[Alf Bentley]

We've gotten so used to this that it barely even seems like news anymore, but unemployment continues to tumble

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28768552

 

Unemployment continues to tumble - and so do real incomes (quoting from your link):

"But average wages excluding bonuses rose by 0.6% in the year to June, the slowest rise since records began in 2001.

Including bonuses, wages fell 0.2%, the first fall since 2009."

At this rate, soon everyone will have a job - and every job will be crap! 

 

In all seriousness, a positive trend combined with a worrying and unsustainable one. One reason cited for falling incomes is the massive shift from PAYE employment to self-employment on lower pay. Other reasons why the anticipated surge in real incomes isn't happening? Unions now too weak, particularly in the private sector? Employment expansion in low-paid jobs? Employees still scared to ask for a raise or to leave underpaid jobs for reasons of job security?

 

Jobs being soaked up by immigrants on lower pay may also be part of the equation, as quoted in your link again: 

"The ONS figures show that about 40% of the increase in employment levels in the UK over the past year was among people who were not born in the country.   The number of UK-born workers rose by 502,000, said BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw. The number of workers born overseas (including some UK nationals) went up by 326,000. The ONS says the country of birth of some workers was not known, resulting in a total employment increase year-on-year of 816,000.

There was a big increase in the number of workers from the so-called A8 countries - former Soviet bloc states such as Poland, Hungary and Lithuania, which joined the EU in 2004.

'The number has risen by 178,000 in a year - that's an increase of more than a quarter - eclipsing the rise in any other category of foreign workers,' our correspondent says".

Edited 14 August 2014 by Alf Bentley

[MooseBreath]

Yes, I think a high proportion of the jobs being created are lower paid, which would seem to explain the slow growth in average wages.

Another possible explanation is pension auto-enrolment. A lot of businesses will have effectively given employees a 1% rise this year through these pension contributions, and maybe that has dragged salary increases back.

[Webbo]

A couple who met as teenagers 10 years before the start of World War Two have celebrated 80 years of marriage.

Maurice and Helen Kaye, from Bournemouth, met in 1929 when they were 17 and 16 respectively.

They courted for four years because Mrs Kaye's mother wanted her older sister to be married first.

The couple, who are now 102 and 101, said the secret to a happy marriage was being tolerant of each other and being willing to "forgive and forget".

The pair, one of Britain's longest-married couples, plan to celebrate their oak wedding anniversary with children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28946521

[purpleronnie]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-28946521

 

Brilliant.