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The recruitment of young people into trade unions must be a priority for the labour movement
A real youth education and organising strategy is needed to build unions for the future and to lift young workers out of poverty and precarity, argues GEORGINA ANDREWS
RIGHT IDEA: Kids take part in an NEU rally last year
Without evidence or Nato consultations Berlin’s answer to the Leipzig incident is a rupture of relations. SEVIM DAGDELEN examines why
FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ introduces the background to a conference on defending Latin America’s sovereignty
The glacier collapse in Nepal is yet another warning that a warming planet is making Himalayan disasters more frequent and destructive – but the countries facing the greatest risks are often those least responsible, says LI YANG
Nick Blair is set to benefit from a hugely lucrative contract to ‘virtually’ train the British army for its next war. Like father, like son, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
Trade unions should be at the heart of the anti-racist push for reparations for the historic legacy and continuing impact of slavery, writes ROGER McKENZIE
TRADE unions have a significant part to play in protecting workers’ rights and ensuring fair treatment in the workplace because, not only they are a vehicle for uniting the working class in the fight for better pay and terms and conditions, but more importantly, they are essential not only for improving our working conditions but to fundamentally change the wider society that we live in and challenge the exploitative and unjust system that is capitalism.
This is especially important for young workers, who face a variety of unique challenges today. These include precarious work, stagnant wages, and little opportunity to progress at work. Furthermore, few young workers are in a trade union, with only one in 20 trade union members being aged 16-24.
Young workers bear the worst consequences of the cost-of-living crisis and the worsening job market which offers increasingly worse material conditions. The ruling class take advantage of the youth in the fact that they are not organised enough to fight against their own exploitation.
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