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Work Study Volume 15 Issue 5

Work Study

ISSN: 0043-8022

Article publication date: 1 May 1966

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Abstract

THIS country is suffering from a serious shortage of skilled workers. This fact was brought into sharp focus when John Brown, the famous shipbuilders, announced two weeks ago that it had been necessary for them to decline a £5 million order because of a lack of labour in the steel and allied trades. The firm and the size of the potential order ensured national attention, but it cannot be accepted as an isolated instance. When the Ministry of Labour tells us that although 3,124 mostly skilled men entered shipbuilding and marine engineering during the last five weeks for which figures are available, but that there remained 2,860 unfilled jobs, or that 3,264 taken into metal manufacturing left 4,637 vacancies, there is need for concern and investigation.

Citation

(1966), "Work Study Volume 15 Issue 5", Work Study, Vol. 15 No. 5, pp. 9-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048207

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1966, MCB UP Limited

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