Quote Originally Posted by Jericho View Post
Is there evidence that 'our own school leavers' are interested? Is there evidence that locals with the required skill base are being passed over when applying for jobs in favour of cheaper overseas labour? So much of this seems like hearsay. My understanding is that there isn't the required skill base locally. (Apart from 'painters and decorators'). Isn't there also something about quite a few people without any skills or qualifications seeing themselves as deserving more than the minimum wage and refusing to work for what they describe as 'peanuts'?



I welcome all the newcomers wherever they come from as long as they are prepared to work for the greater good. I'm greatful for the contributions they make to the city's propsperity.

I only go on what is reported in the radio show I mentioned so not hearsay. The Linda McDermott show also had the Arriva bus Co boss on who had (illegally) applied to an overseas recruitment agency (you can't discriminate on ageist, sexist, racist issues as you know so definitely cannot legally do what these did) to supply polish workers. When asked by the local job centre official why they had not applied locally he said there was no uptake. The JC offical asked how he knew this if he'd bypassed his local JC in the first place. The silence was deafening. Like I say, all well and good when there's full employment here but you fall into the trap of government policies whereby you ask are school leavers interested? Well maybe if they were given the option of no job seekers allowance if they're ''not interested'' you'd see a bigger uptake. Eg. Warren Bradley says that only just over 50% of all the Grosvenor Development workers are Liverpool based and the new arena's overseas workers is quite a high percentage yet I know lads who'd love to get on the trademens/brickie/plasterers rung but the funding and training services are dismal. I too welcome overseas workers who work for the greater good but let's not fall into the trap that ALL youngsters can't be arsed as that's as bad as saying all estates are overun by all youngsters when it's only a small percentage and the rest do want to work.