New Birkenhead union launched for jobless people - 26th Aug 2009 2:52pm
New Birkenhead union launched for jobless people
A UNION for the unemployed will be launched in Birkenhead tomorrow.
Jobless figures across Merseyside are currently running around 2% above the national average.
Campaigners said it was time an organisation was created to provide representation.
Alec McFadden, company secretary of the Wirral Centre and president of Merseyside TUC, said: “The effects of the recession are now starting to have a detrimental effect on people, families and communities.”
The National Unemployed Workers’ Movement (NUWM) was originally established in 1921, to draw attention to the increasing numbers of jobless following the First World War.
The meeting, open to all unemployed people, takes place from 2pm at Wirral Centre, 4 St Anne Street, Birkenhead
THE ECHO
A UNION for the unemployed will be launched in Birkenhead tomorrow.
Jobless figures across Merseyside are currently running around 2% above the national average.
Campaigners said it was time an organisation was created to provide representation.
Alec McFadden, company secretary of the Wirral Centre and president of Merseyside TUC, said: “The effects of the recession are now starting to have a detrimental effect on people, families and communities.”
The National Unemployed Workers’ Movement (NUWM) was originally established in 1921, to draw attention to the increasing numbers of jobless following the First World War.
The meeting, open to all unemployed people, takes place from 2pm at Wirral Centre, 4 St Anne Street, Birkenhead
THE ECHO