1 million youth unemployed – enough is enough!
The government has achieved another milestone in its efforts to ensure those who caused the economic crisis don’t pay for it. The number of unemployed 16-24 year olds has passed the 1 million mark, as...
View ArticleApprenticeships – who benefits?
Official figures put the number of 16-24 year olds not in education, employment or training at 1,163,000. The government has blamed this crisis on the previous government, the crisis in the Eurozone,...
View ArticleMinimum wage frozen for young workers
The minimum wage for over 21’s is set to rise by 11p to £6.19 an hour in October. This rise of 1.8% is well below the rate of inflation at 5% meaning that workers’ paychecks are getting smaller, while...
View ArticleTories expand compulsory work schemes
The work-for-welfare scheme has been scrapped right? Wrong. Tory minister Iain Duncan Smith is extending the workfare scheme, forcing thousands more youth into unpaid, dead-end jobs. Currently,...
View ArticleAnti-workfare tour of shame in Leeds
With the workfare scheme still forcing thousands into unpaid work placements, REVOLUTION joined up with others to organise two walks of shame to target business exploiting young unemployed. With around...
View ArticleCardiff boss profits from call-centre chain gangs
A Cardiff solar panel company, Becoming Green, has sacked workers in favour of getting inmates from a nearby prison to work for just £3 a day – 6% of the minimum wage. The Ministry of Justice has...
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