6 MILLION JOBS UNDER THREAT Grim toll of Covid-19 on nation’s workforce
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MORE than six million jobs could be lost for good in the economic aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis. to review social distancing measures – and if possible reduce the rule from two metres to one so more pubs and restaurants can reopen.
The high street is unlikely to return to normal as customers migrate to online shopping.
Ex-tory Chancellor Norman Lamont has warned that mass redundancies were “very highly likely”. Unions have called on Boris Johnson to stand by his words and act to prevent a jobs inferno.
The TUC has called for the Government to create an emergency “national recovery council” of business chiefs and union leaders to prevent firms having to lay off staff. The
Unite union has called on the PM to step in to the row over more than 40,000 jobs at BA, which is planning to make its entire workforce redundant. Staff who want to remain will be asked to apply for their jobs on reduced terms.
Asked about the BA threat during his grilling by MPS last week, the PM replied: “We are concerned about the way some companies are treating their workforce.
“People should not be using furlough cynically to keep people on their books and then get rid of them.”
Unite general secretary Len Mccluskey said: “If BA attempts to press ahead with these grotesque plans, the PM must consider all options.”
Frances O’grady, general secretary of the TUC, said: “We are supposed to be in this together. The PM should allow us to tackle this looming wave of job losses together. The Government must step in to prevent a wave of redundancies.
“That’s why need a national recovery council with unions and employers that would look at ways of protecting and creating jobs industry by industry.”