Matt Dykes Policy Officer for Young People TUC
National Minimum Wage bands Work experience / Interns Apprentices Employer incentives Active labour market programmes, e.g. Future Jobs Fund Procurement Spending cuts / welfare ‘reform’ / de- regulation
£1.1bn fund 200,000 jobs 6 months Paid at least National Minimum Wage Additional 16 – 24 year olds unemployed for 6 months or more
Trade union representation on evaluation panel Information for FJF workers Regional training sessions Targeted recruitment Barnsley Council = 96 out of 100 recruited into the union
2 key aims: Support young people in the crisis Engage young people in trade unions
Position trade unions where young people are Support young people entering work Bargain for young people’s opportunities Champion young people’s issues
Fight the cuts Campaign for investment, jobs and economic growth Build alliances Youth strategy