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.
"A future that works" demanded by youth on Manchester demonstration: "Cuts affect everyone" said one placard on a very lively and youthful march of thousands of people in Manchester on Saturday 29 January, writes Hugh Caffrey, North West Youth Fight for Jobs.
Youth unemployment levels reach record highs
The announcement of the latest unemployment figures this confirmed what most of us already knew. The number of people out of work jumped by 49,000 to 2.5 million. The rise for people between the ages of...
Students and Workers protest 29th January
On 29 January a demonstration will take place in Manchester, bringing together young workers and students to fight for our future The rally and demonstration on the day involve the Trades Union Congress, the National Union of Students, the lecturer’s union UCU, the civil servants union PCS and others.
Where next for the student movement?
The student movement has had a massive impact. Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) has been saved in Scotland and Wales and fee rises are not planned in those areas either, writes Ben Robinson.
SWP argues for 200 mile divide between students and workers
One of the key questions facing the education movement is how it relates to workers, trade unions and the wider anti-cuts movement as a whole, writes Ben Robinson, Chair, Youth Fight for Jobs.
Youth Fight for Jobs conference report
An explosive new period of mass action against the government and its cuts agenda has opened up. Students have protested in their thousands and have walked out and occupied colleges and universities up...
University, college and school walkouts against higher tuition fees and cuts
The police 'kettled' thousands of student protesters in Whitehall on Wednesday 24 November for over 9 hours. The students were prevented from exercising their democratic right to march, even though a march route had been agreed with the police beforehand. They were held in terrible conditions, without access to toilets, drinks, warmth, seating etc, and with the police not saying how long it would continue.
Youth Democratic Rights Campaign to Kettle Scotland Yard on 11th of December at 15:30
After today's use of violence by the police against peaceful demonstrators in London and use of intimidatory tactics, the Youth Fight for Jobs is launching the Youth Democratic Rights campaign...
Stop the Con-Dems' slave labour scheme: On 7 November the Con-Dem government leaked its plans to force the unemployed into unpaid slave labour, writes Paul Callanan, Youth Fight for Jobs.
Youth Fight for Jobs enthusiastically welcomes the PCS' call for a national demo against cuts and for a future for youth before the end of the year. We strongly agree that March is too late for the first national demonstration as many of the ConDem government’s brutal cuts will have already been implemented by then and the effects of job losses and the loss of services will already be felt...