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1 February 2012
Only one in six 'vacancies' real
Jaime Davies points out in 'Con-Demned to unemployment' (Issue 702) that there are only 463,000 job vacancies advertised with Jobcentre Plus for 2.5 million unemployed people
1 February 2012
So-called world leaders are meeting in Davos this week, and it finally seems that youth unemployment is top of the agenda, writes Ian Pattison, Youth Fight for Jobs.
25 January 2012
Official figures show that in the three months up to November last year unemployment rose by another 118,000 to break the 2.5 million mark, writes Jaime Davies, South East Wales youth organiser.
4 January 2012
Ian Pattison - a marcher on the Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow march - replies to Labour leader Ed Miliband's recent comments which claim to offer a 'radical rethink' on benefits, writes Dear Ed Miliband.
Youth Fight for Jobs Jarrow March 2011 launch demonstration in Jarrow, photo Paul Mattsson
30 November 2011
Preparing the ground for a mass movement of young people: On 1 October a group of young people from every corner of the country - mostly strangers to each other - gathered in Jarrow, just south east of Newcastle, writes Sean Figg, Jarrow marcher.
29 November 2011
Con-Dems' autumn statement: 'pain now, pain tomorrow and more pain for longer'
"The train is heading over the cliff", declared an MP, about the economy. Now George Osborne has taken some desperate measures to try to partially alleviate the nightmare, but the autumn statement is not a 'Plan B'
24 November 2011
1.16 million NEETs - Youth Fight for Jobs demands a better future
Official figures today show that a record high of 1.16 million 16- to 24-year-olds in England are not in education, employment or training, almost one in five...
Ian Pattison, Jarrow marcher, addresses the Jarrow March for Jobs 2011 which ended with a demonstration in London on 5 November , photo Sujeeth
23 November 2011
No answers from politicians on Newsnight
On Tuesday 15 November, I was asked to appear on a live Newsnight debate alongside 29 other young people who were either unemployed or underemployed, writes Ian Pattison, Jarrow marcher.
23 November 2011
What a tragic waste of human life this economic crisis is creating! In the Socialist (issue 694), we read about the Warwickshire couple who committed suicide because they didn't have enough to live on...
Jarrow March 2011: Jarrow March for Jobs arrives in London, photo Paul Mattsson
9 November 2011
Jarrow march ends, fightback continues
On Saturday 5 November the Jarrow March for Jobs came to an end with a demonstration of thousands in central London, writes Ollie Fournier, Cambridge.
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