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Young workers fighting for their future. New generation standing up!
Young and precarious workers across Britain and Ireland are getting organised. Small but successful campaigns - such as the McDonald's strike, #Betterthanzero in Scotland and Unite the Union’s Fair Hospitality initiative – have begun to rebuild a fighting trade union consciousness among young people which had been lost by decades of inaction by the majority of union leaderships.
Boojum worker speaks out
A friend in hospitality argued that I’d be better off in McDonald's as they’d just won a pay-rise and it was due to the collective action taken by workers with the help and guidance of a union. I thought we at Boojum could take similar action and contacted the union. Since Unite and Boojum workers started our campaign, the number of active members has grown and we’re slowly gaining concessions. We used to feel powerless, but now we feel empowered