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TUC Young Worker Issues - Briefing paper

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Although they did least to cause the financial crash and subsequent recession, young people have borne some of its worst consequences. Youth unemployment remains scandalously high. Many young workers are trapped in low-paid, casual work far below their skill level. And austerity has exacted a heavy toll, with Educational Maintenance Allowance scrapped, university top-up fees introduced and benefits cut.

Young people desperately need change. They need good jobs, not unpaid internships. They need real access to higher education, not an invitation to rack up huge debt. They need high-quality apprenticeships, not workfare. But this will only happen if young people have a proper voice in our political system.

This policy document outlines some of the main issues facing young people at work and in the wider community; it also sets out the relevant TUC policy, asks and campaigns concerning those issues.

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