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Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson
7 October 2009
Newsflash!: On 1 October a number of Future Jobs Fund placements began. These temporary schemes are designed to artificially push down the number of long term unemployed youth (see previous articles). Young people...
9 September 2009
Youth unemployment: Future jobs or fake schemes?
On WednesDAY 16 September, Youth Fight for Jobs activists will be holding a protest at parliament at 11am to coincide with the latest unemployment figures, writes Ben Robinson, chair, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ).
Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson
26 August 2009
No to Future Jobs Fraud scheme
Youth unemployment: The situation for young people looking for work in this recession is still desperate and it is getting worse, writes Sean Figg, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser.
26 August 2009
Leeds: After a series of campaign stalls in the city centre, Leeds Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) organised a protest outside Eastgate Jobcentre on the day the latest unemployment figures were announced, writes Manny Dominguez, Danny Melia and Helen Pattison Leeds YFJ members.
Youth Fight for jobs campaigning in Birmingham against the bankers bailouts and bonuses, photo Birmingham YFJ
12 August 2009
New term approaching for students: Build the fightback!
Autumn is fast approaching, but this will be an autumn like no other. Young people, who have grown up in the boom and have aspirations of a decent life, are now seeing their futures snatched away as jobs.
Stephen Burrell, Birmingham YFJ, argues that it is vital that socialists reach out to as many young people as possible.
12 August 2009
Grim prospects for young people
Yet more proof that the market system offers no future to young people. According to the BBC a senior government education advisor has found that one in six of the teenagers who are out of work and education...
29 July 2009
YFJ steering committee report: With the number of unemployed young people rapidly approaching one million, building Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) is more urgent than ever, writes Ben Robinson, YFJ national chair.
29 July 2009
Public shows support for Youth Fight for Jobs campaign
On Tuesday 21 July the Bristol YFJ campaign presented a petition of over 200 signatures to the council, writes Jack Jeffery, Bristol YFJ.
22 July 2009
Youth fight for jobs fortnight of action
The government's latest unemployment figures show that, as expected, young people are still facing the brunt of job losses, writes Sean Figg, YFJ national organiser. Reports on the fortnight of action from around the country.
Youth Fight for Jobs fortnight of action, photo by The Socialist
24 June 2009
Youth Fight for Jobs fortnight of action 27 June to 10 July: During the period of high unemployment in the 1980s UB40 famously sang about the "one in ten" of British workers on the dole. That figure is now one in six for 18 to 24 year olds!, writes Michael Wrack, Hackney YFJ.
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