Positive discrimination a root cause of unrest
IT should come as no surprise to anybody that immigrants have been taking the majority of new jobs (Yorkshire Post, June 14).
State and the local governments are the biggest employers and they were encouraged by the last government to positively discriminate for females and all minorities.
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Hide AdHeaven alone knows what is the statistic for the disproportionate employment of homosexuals at the BBC which long ago ceased to be “horrendously white”.
Between 2000 and 2012, Barnsley Council increased its workforce from 9,000 to 11,500, two-thirds of which were female.
In 2002, it proudly announced a new policy to help the disabled into work.
In future, any disabled applicant for a job would be automatically shortlisted and, all other things being equal in interview, automatically appointed.
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Hide AdIt would be interesting to see the number of jobs lost in recent cuts by minority or female employees compared with the whole.
This kind of politico-emotional culture is extremely difficult to counter, let alone reverse.
It creates an undesirable and unethical minority-employing cycle which is the root cause of much social unrest, including crime.
Ukip has not yet promised to repeal the Single Equality Act but it would have overwhelming support for so doing and legislating for employment of no more than local averages of minorities by industry, commerce, state and local government.