Congress votes to invest in Young Activists

Derek Burns

Congress voted to support investment and training - in our activists. In a debate on organising young workers it was pointed out that not only are young people critical to the future of the Trade Union movement - but the Trade Union movement is critical for young people.

After a General Council statement on recruiting Young People - "The future is now". Congress debated motion 95 Organising Young Workers. The motion discusses the low level of Union membership amongst Young people and urges the STUC and its affiliates to encourage participation by Young members as the best way to build their skills and help recruit others.

Speaking in the 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 on a drag on attempts by others to raise wage rates and conditions of employment."

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