Post on 05-Jan-2016
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Matt DykesPolicy Officer for Young PeopleTUC
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 cutsCampaign for investment, jobs and economic growth
Build alliancesYouth strategy