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Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
18 January 2012
Anger swells in 'lost generation'
Ian Pattison, Youth Fight for Jobs spokesperson said "Young people struggling to find work have again been dealt a devastating blow..."
Youth Fight for Jobs on the Jarrow march, in London marching past Parliament, photo by Sarah Wrack
18 January 2012
End the slave labour culture of workfare
The clocks are being turned back. The future for young people is looking like it has been ripped from the pages of Dickens' novels - with the Con-Dem government and local governments playing the role...
The Jarrow March for Jobs 2011 ends with a demonstration in London on 5 November , photo Sujeeth
11 January 2012
Reject slave labour for young unemployed
"Thanks but no thanks": In October, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) activists, marched over 300 miles from Jarrow to London to hand a petition into Downing Street demanding job creation instead of workfare, bringing back EMA student payments, scrapping tuition fees, saving youth services and building affordable housing...
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.
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...
Jarrow March for Jobs
23 November 2011
Millions unemployed - workers and students must unite and fight!
Unemployment is now 2.62 million in the UK, and youth unemployment stands at 1.2 million - the highest number since records began, writes Alex Moore, Jarrow marcher.
23 November 2011
Mansfield - build houses, create jobs
2,000 young people in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire can't find work. Over 9,000 people in Mansfield are on the council housing waiting list. So why have building workers been thrown on the dole?
The Jarrow March for Jobs 2011 ends with a demonstration in London on 5 November , photo Sujeeth
23 November 2011
Jarrow marchers put forward an alternative
Minimum wage not to blame: On the day that the latest unemployment figures were announced I was asked to debate with Mark Littlewood of the Insititute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on the Tony Livesy show on BBC Radio 5Live, writes Paul Callanan, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser.
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