TUC Young Workers Month

Colleagues,

November 2014 is the TUC Young Workers Month. We are asking union branches and trades union councils to focus on taking out the message to the community that there is a place for young people in the union movement and that the place for young workers is in the Union. A highlight of the month is the Big TUC Youth Debate to be held at Congress House on 15 November and we are asking you to bring this to the attention of your affiliated unions and your local community. A leaflet advertising the event is attached and here is the link to the TUC page giving lots more information on young people and unionswww.tuc.org.uk/about-tuc/young-workers .

Tom Mellish

TUCJCC Secretary

Trades Union Congress

Congress House

Great Russell Street

London WC1B 3LS

Text from TUC Leaflet on young people:

WE BELIEVE YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT
A DECENT JOB
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
A VOICE IN THE WORKPLACE AND SOCIETY

The TUC believes that halfway through the second decade of the 21st Century a decent job, access to quality housing and a voice and representation at work, and beyond, are things that young people are entitled to expect rather than just hope for.
Current government policies on jobs and housing are failing young people. We are concerned about the crisis of representation of young people both at work and in the wider political debate. Turnout at the 2010 general election amongst 18- to 24-year-olds was just 43 per cent and less than 1 in 10 of workers aged 16–24 are members of a union.
At the BIG TUC YOUTH DEBATE on 15 November the TUC, supported by NUS, will be discussing progressive and radical solutions to these issues. We’ll be bringing together young people, experts and campaigners (and some who are all three!) to discuss JOBS, HOMES and VOICE.