Chronicle Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
| Date | 01 March 1983 |
| Published date | 01 March 1983 |
| Author | David Marsden |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1983.tb00124.x |
Chronicle
Industrial Relations in the United Kingdom
August
1 982-Novem
ber
1982
STATISTICAL BACKGROUND TO THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCENE
The Labour Market
Pessimism about the upward trend in unemployment deepened in the autumn as the seasonally
adjusted figure for adults approached the three million mark. This occurred against the
background
of
further increases in the unemployment levels of our main European trading
partners, and concern about the rapid fading of the American recovery
on
which many hopes had
been based earlier in the year. Unfilled vacancies, although remaining at a higher level than a
year ago, also gave little ground for optimism.
Unemployment in the U.K.
Number
of
unemployed Percentage
(GfWS)
unemployed
Month I982
I981
I982
I981
July
2852.5 2511.8' 12.2 10.6
September
3066.2 2748.6" 13.2 11.7
October
3049.0 2771.6 13.1 11.7
November
3063.0 2769.5 13.2 11.7
a
Note: new method
of
counting unemployment.
Source:
Employment Gazette
August
2898.8 2586.3" 12.4
11.0
Unfilled Vacancies: Seasonally Adjusted U.K.
Month
I982
1981
July
111.4 92.9
August
114.0 98.5
September
107.3 97.8
October
113.9 100.6
November
114.4 104.3
(OoOs)
Source:
Employment Gazette
Adult unemployed
seasonally adjusted
excluding school
leavers
(Ooos)
I982
I981
2813.8 2476.5
2832.4 2514.2
2866.4 2554.6
2885.4 2582.8
2902.7 2615.5
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