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Youth Fight for Jobs national demonstration

Youth Fight for Jobs announced plans for a national demonstration against youth unemployment as unemployment figures continued to surge towards the 1 million mark...

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Socialism 2009, photo Rob Emery

18 November 2009

Fighting for a future

Scourge of mass youth unemployment: Youth unemployment is at a record high and what does the government do? It plans to slash funding for youth training schemes.
What do the bosses do? They cut jobs, pay and conditions.

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18 November 2009

Youth march for jobs

Saturday 28 November 2009
Assemble 12 noon, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY, nearest tube Euston or Russell Square.

The government has been patting itself on the back, claiming that the latest unemployment figures show that the UK labour market is performing better than most major economies...

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Huddersfield Youth Fight for Jobs march, photo Huddersfield YFFJ

11 November 2009

Fight for real jobs and free education

Demonstrate 28 November: New Labour and the Conservatives are determined to make young people and workers pay for this crisis, writes Ben Robinson, Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) campaign national chair.

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Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

4 November 2009

Join the march for jobs

1,000,000 young unemployed: It is hard to imagine what was going through the heads of the producers of ITV's Tonight show when they decided the best person to 'advise' unemployed youth on how to improve their job prospects was... Lord Alan Sugar! Sean Figg, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser, writes.

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24 October 2009

London Youth Fight For Jobs gig

8pm, 24 october 2009:

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14 October 2009

Apprenticeships? Yes, but not at any price!

Attempts to divide the working class were ratcheted up a notch at the Conservative Party conference in Brighton last week, writes Sean Figg, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser.

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13 October 2009

Manchester mobilises against fascists

AROUND 200 thugs of the far right English Defence League (EDL) came to Manchester last Saturday to stir up racial conflict in the city...

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13 October 2009

Greece: Hated ND government booted out in general election

Andros Payiatsos, of Xekinima (CWI in Greece) - which participates in Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) - reports on the 4 October general election in Greece...

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Youth Fight For Jobs march 2 April 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

7 October 2009

Youth Fight for Jobs

Newsflash!: On 1 October a number of Future Jobs Fund placements began. These temporary schemes are designed to artificially push down the number of long term unemployed youth (see previous articles). Young people...

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