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UNITE is launching a “back to work” training programme tomorrow for people laid off during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The initiative is the union’s biggest-ever training scheme, intended to ensure that members whose jobs have been lost or threatened by coronavirus-related disruption have the skills they need to return to work.
Unite director of education Jim Mowatt said: “The UK is facing the biggest economic crisis for three centuries because of Covid-19 and a serious recession is very much on the cards, with unemployment rates possibly rising to 9 per cent.
“In response to the crisis, Unite has created its most comprehensive training programme ever for our members – as well as for their families and friends – in the UK and Ireland, who can now access more than 100 courses, tailored to their particular industry and trade, to enhance their skills.”
He warned that Britain faces “the spectre of mass unemployment” so union action is essential.
