Young workers: “You need us and we need you”

This is UNISON’s Year of the Young Worker and conference heard that there has never been more of a need for young people to join a trade union.
With zero hour contracts, poverty, low pay, insecure housing and massive student debt – the challenges facing young people are huge.
Evidence shows that being a member of a trade union has huge benefits, with workers in the public sector earning 8% more if they are in a trade union and  unionised young workers earning up to 39% more.
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