Monday 22 June 2009

Youth Fight For Jobs!



Get involved with the local Youth Fight For Jobs campaigners in the fortnight of action: 27 June to 11 July as 600,000 school, college and university leavers swell ranks of unemployed youth this summer.

New Office of National Statistics unemployment figures see further deterioration of labour market. Anger and frustration mounts with Youth Fight for Jobs campaigners staging a protest outside Lord Mandelson's Business Department demanding action.

Youth Fight for Jobs staged a protest outside Peter Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills last week. Mandelson's department is responsible for apprenticeships and training opportunities. The protest drew attention to the worsening unemployment figures released by the ONS today and the disproportionate effect unemployment has on young people. Click here to read on...

For more information about what's going on in Brighton as part of the fortnight of action click here...