Instead, all we got from the Minister were meaningless excuses. He would “like” to do something but it was the responsibility of other departments; the money wasn’t there; and incredibly creating jobs for young people would annoy big business because “they would have more competition”.
The only co-operation between departments has been on how to cut public sector jobs. Plenty of money has been found to bail out rich bankers and line the pockets of politicians.
It was obvious by the end of our meeting that our ideas fell on deaf ears. This is why Youth Fight for Jobs will take our message to the thousands of young people on the dole and stuck in low paid jobs as well as those in schools, techs and universities who will bear the brunt of the failure of the politicians, to organise and fight for the right to a decent job.
Since August, 37 workers at Greenvale leisure centre in Magherafelt have been fighting to save their jobs after Magherafelt Council announced they would be sacked due to an 18 month facility refurbishment programme.
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In the first few weeks of this year a new alliance between trade unionists and socialists was launched in Britain to contest the forthcoming general elections.