STUC invests in young activists
The STUC voted to support investment and training in young
activists. Not only are young people critical to the future
of the trade union movement - but the trade union movement
is critical for young people.
Following a statement on recruiting young people - “The
future is now”, delegates backed a plan to encourage participation
by young members as the best way to build their skills and
help recruit others.
Speaking in the ‘Organising Young Workers’ debate, UNISON’s
Derek Burns pointed out that organising young workers isn’t
simply an act of solidarity. “It is vital for all of us
that we organise young workers.
“The alternative is that - unorganised - they will form
a pool of low paid employees on poor terms and conditions
whose impact on the labour market will be to act as a drag
on attempts by others to raise wage rates and conditions
of employment.”
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