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Posted on 17 March 2009 at 0:00 GMT
Press release: Young people march against fees and job losses at G20, 2 April
Youth Fight for Jobs takes up fight for this generation's future
The Youth Fight for Jobs campaign is fights against fees and job losses, and will be launched through a march for jobs, in the tradition of the Jarrow Marchers, to the G20 on 2 April. This march will visit all 4 of the poorest boroughs in London, assembling at Camberwell Green at 9am, marching past parliament and the Bank of England, through Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham and finishing at the G20 meeting.
Sean Figg, national organiser for the Youth Fight for Jobs, says "The numbers of unemployed are expected to reach 2 million in official figures tomorrow. So far, as a result of the recession, 40 percent of job cuts have taken place amongst 18 - 24 year olds.
"This news coincides with Universities UK launching their campaign for an increase in university fees. This is a cynical move to take advantage of young peoples fears for their future. Young people face a choice - to go to university and get into debt, and hope to escape the recession and improve their job chances, or take their chances looking for a job and end up on the dole.
"How come there's money to bail out the failed bankers whilst young people pay for this crisis with unemployment and debt?
"Our campaign calls for the right to a decent job, for training to gain skills, and for the right of all young people to got to university without student debt. That's why we are marching on 2 April"
The Youth Fight for Jobs campaign has gained the support of prominent activists since its launch in mid-January. Bob Crow*, RMT general secretary, Chris Kitchen, NUM General Secretary, Janice Godrich, PCS President, Glenn Kelly, Unison NEC, workers who took unofficial action at the Lindsey Oil Refinery and won a victory, and young people involved in the Prisme workplace occupation in Dundee and many others (all in personal capacity except*). The Youth Fight for Jobs campaign was involved in the protest of 1,000 people against university fees on 25 February, and together with the Campaign to Defeat Fees will be organising further action.
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