Commenting after the NUT’s motion at TUC Congress on youth unemployment, which was seconded by ASLEF, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:
The country’s biggest union, Unite, has announced a total boycott of Workfare, the government’s work experience programme for young people aged 16-24 years of age, which the union calls "state sponsored slavery."
Commenting on the launch of the Government’s new £126 million scheme which will allow firms and charities to bid for a payment-by-results scheme to try to get teenagers into work or training, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:
Against a backdrop of economic austerity, rocketing youth unemployment and a challenging job market, young people working in the security industry are bucking the trend and emerging on long-term careers, gaining skills along the way, thanks to the industry’s wholehearted support of its young apprentices.