THE RIGHT TO A DECENT JOB FOR ALL, WITH A LIVING WAGE OF AT LEAST £8 AN HOUR

NO TO CHEAP LABOUR APPRENTICESHIPS! ALL APPRENTICESHIPS TO PAY AT LEAST THE MINIMUM WAGE, WITH A JOB GUARANTEED AT THE END

NO TO UNIVERSITY FEES. SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT FEES.

Unite and UCU add their support to Youth Fight for Jobs

Both UCU, the union for academic staff in universities and colleges, and Unite, Britain's biggest trade union whose British Airways members are currently on strike, unanimously agreed to back the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign at their annual conferences.

Young people hoping to go to university in September are in for a nasty surprise, as tens of thousands excluded from university because of cuts in places made by New Labour and continued by the Con-Dem coalition. Thousands of departments, courses, resources and jobs across the country are under threat, and the Higher Education Funding review will undoubtedly call for higher fees. Youth Fight for Jobs will aim to use the links with UCU, and Unite who also have members in the education sector, to build vibrant campaigns against attacks on our generations' future.

Unite also commended Youth Fight for Jobs for its march through Barking, pointing out that the racist BNP will do nothing to solve the problems of unemployment and a lack of social services, instead undermining our struggle. The struggle of Unite members who work for British Airways are providing an example of the determination and fighting spirit that will be needed time and time again for the struggles that are coming, and a struggle that Youth Fight for Jobs fully backs.

Youth Fight for Jobs are organising an open steering committee this coming Sunday in central London, get in contact if you would be interested in coming along. youthfightforjobs@gmail.com 020 8558 7947

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