unfairly selected for redundancy?

i am a qualified joiner working at a joinery firm, i have been at the firm for 5 years, to which i did 3 years apprenticeship then had to sign a new contract to start as a qualified joiner.

this week i had a consoltation meeting saying i was selected for possible redundancy, to which i actually have the meeting to find out tomorrow if i am been made redundant.

i understand at the moment we are really dead, and hardly any worked lined up, but my issue is there is a labourer who has been at the company a few years (to which i might add is related to one of the directors of the company) which was allowed to become a improver because he wanted to start learning the trade, he isnt going to college, but just set on as a improver learning on the job. my issue is that i, as a fully qualified joiner is getting made redundant while a improver is been kept on and hasnt even been selected for possible redundancy.

i do believe when selecting a pool for redundancies, the employer has to fairly select the employees, based on skills, experience and qualifications. and i feel i have been unfairly selected when there is a employee who is still kept on while a fully qualified joiner as myself is been made redundant.

do you believe i have a case here for unfair dismissal? advice would be great asap please,

many thanks,
Mark.

No - because your original premise is incorrect. The employer has to have consistant criteria which are fairly and objectively applied to those people at risk. There is absoluetly nothing that says that you have the right to be kept on because you are more highly qualified. And since the two jobs are so entirely different - skilled joiner and improver/labourer - there is no reason why you should both be in a selection pool together anyway. You have no case for unfairness in what you have said.