Matt DykesPolicy Officer for Young PeopleTUC

National Minimum Wage bands Work experience / Interns Apprentices Employer incentives Active labour market programmes, e.g.

Future Jobs Fund Procurement Spending cuts / welfare ‘reform’ / de-

regulation

£1.1bn fund

200,000 jobs

6 months

Paid at least National Minimum Wage

Additional

16 – 24 year olds unemployed for 6 months or more

Trade union representation on evaluation panel

Information for FJF workers

Regional training sessions

Targeted recruitment

Barnsley Council = 96 out of 100 recruited into the union

2 key aims:

Support young people in the crisis

Engage young people in trade unions

Position trade unions where young people are

Support young people entering work

Bargain for young people’s opportunities

Champion young people’s issues

Fight the cutsCampaign for investment, jobs and economic growth

Build alliancesYouth strategy