Nonprofit Job Losses Stoke Concern in Britain
May 5, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Employment at British charities declined in the fourth quarter of 2008, dropping to 716,000 from an all-time high of 724,000, prompting fears of a recession-fueled contraction in nonprofit employment, Third Sector reports.
“We’ve seen lots of front-line care jobs lost as organizations seek to provide the same service for less money,” said Mike Short of Unison, the national trade union for public-service workers.
“Clearly, people are losing their jobs in the sector and we should not be complacent,” said Jenny Clark, research manager with the National Council of Voluntary Organizations. “At the same time, however, there is also a danger of being alarmist.”
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