IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Another generation joins the dole queues

· Socialist Challenge No. 99, 7 June 1979 · pp. 6-8 of the scan · 779 words

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the Heath The vision of that alternative Consequences For instance, labour moverment-based public coctor action committees (waich already exist in places like Preston) can develop broad workers' unityro meet the Tory attacks.

The most massive lobby of the TUC in September is a second task for militants in the conting months. Remember, It we can't give a lighting lead to youth, history has shown the disastrous consequences when it's left up to DUCES the Employment catastrophic stimulate the long-term and to including those bosses assault on its Not a Lole England' dole', sector, IN JULY another generation of school leavers will hit the dole queues. They will join those who left school at Faster and even like Mark Birmingham, who "celebrating" their First anniversary of life on the social security.

explains, After three months the demoralisation Signing DELUMES ritual telling you you've no Tuture.' Unemployment of youth under 18 years of age rose by a slugzering 1100 per cent in the five fears between July 1973 same month in 197H. This compares with an Increse of 250 per cent for the population as a whole over that period.

Worse With Thatcher in power the sitation for youth can only get worse. Already Labour government poliI fouth unemployment as a specifie, structural aspect of the economic and social crisis.

Trade union leaders. who bleat about the "waste of young people on the Slave made position of youth worse by accepting natural wastage agreements.

The Tories aim to cut johs further in the painie thereby limiting opportunities entrants onto the labour market. And they are out tostep up productivity und rationalisations in private TECHNETY.

The Youth Opportunities Programme introduced by the Callaghan tempt to mask the startling development of muss youth unemployment.

Youth on the schemes TELL BUSES HEEHEU In cases, they provide cheap labour for employers, and at the end of a few months four out oi live find themselves back on the dole. Abysmal aren't nothing.

the averto 19 dole, the rule for conditions are generally The factory, wouldn't supply ALL I more than two for PISSETS to go and the dole.

In of London youth sane women under 25 made up 57 percent of the total leinale in Jammary 1978.

was Vouth no future by capitalism in crisis who took to the streets with the Nazi League and Rock Against Racism last summer. Hat it was white youth in the East End who became prey for the of the National Front that the solution to unempioyment is import controls and repatriation So part of any strategy enemployment must be a specific struggle for johs for youth. That entails a united campaign lo mobilize youth, munding the anien leaders act to fight enemploy. ment.

Policies are needed to break the Isolation oF youth on the dole, and to link the fight for jobs with the fight for training und education all youth with a guaranteed level of muintenance.

The trade unions themselves should open their doors to the unemployed permanent movement of south HELESS enemployment could force them to do TOTE Unity This could unite the existing cumpaigns around a programme for action. It could abe draw together all sections of youth students, to fight round these policies and Tor other issues that confront south on the dole: a place to meer, wani training

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