Jan 31 GSD Claim Government has Signalled a U-turn Policy for Future Job Strategy
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GSD Claim Government has Signalled a U-turn Policy for Future Job Strategy
According to a GSD statement this morning, the Opposition is claiming that the Government has signalled a U-turn policy for the Future Job Strategy, ‘with which it persuaded many people to vote for them at the recent General Election’.
The press release notes that, ‘It will be recalled that during the General Election the GSLP-Liberals promised in their manifesto that: “there will be from 1 February 2012, a new dedicated training strategy with a maximum of 3 years and a guaranteed full-time job on completion”. The scheme would be open to the unemployed, all vocational trainees, school leavers and residents on casual or supply labour. At the time Mr. Bossano calculated that some 1,000 individuals were eligible. People were then encouraged to go to GSLP headquarters to fill in GSLP membership forms and register for the Future Job Strategy. The GSLP/Liberal Alliance clearly gave the impression that this would be available to everyone as of right.
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