Jobless: Still over 1 million

Workers Press no. 745, 21 April 1972 · scan page 12

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The figures also showed that the number of wholly unemployed is continuing to rise. This is the clearest proof that all the Tory talk. of reflation is just a propaganda smokescreen.

The figures, issued by the Department of Employment, show a total of 1,005,144 unemployed, a decrease of 12,149 on the previous month.

The number of wholly unemployed totalled 954,963, a decrease in the month of 4,308. But, Ulster is still hardest hit by unemployment. The total registered unemployed is 47,490-9.2 per cent of the working Every region i n Britain showed a slight decrease in its total unemployed except the NW where there : was a sharp increase of 2,372.

The huge number of redundancies are continuing unabated. There were 20,000 notified during March. This brings the total in the first three months of this year to 60,000, compared with 97,000 in the same period last year.

The Press Association's political correspondent wrote yesterday: "The government undismayed by the conSHOP FLOOR leaders workers said yesterday tł intimidated by cash backing APRIL FUND:

going tinuing high ment figures.

Whoever thought they were dismayed. After all it is the government which has deliberately embarked on a policy of creating mass unemployThe right to work, the keynote of the Young Socialists country-wide marches, can only • be won by getting the Tories out of office.

Manchester's engineering at they would not be given to local employers.

Commenting on . the £lm given to NW employers by the Engineering Employers' Federation, convenor Alec Reese said: "The gauntlet has been thrown down and we are ready to accept the challenge. BRITAIN'S biggest union, Workers' Union, was fine National Industrial Relatio tempt of court. They have This swingeing fine comes on top of the £5,000 fine imposed three weeks ago for the same offence.

Court president Sir John Donaldson imposed the fine after two road haulage firms complained that their lorries were ¿still being blacked by Liverpool dockers. the Transport and General I a further £50,000 by the is Court yesterday for conuntil May 4 to pay.