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work with unions to identify issues that concern women in manufacturing;
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support affiliates in urging their governments for real investment in this industry, to
promote manufacturing apprenticeships among women and lift barriers facing women;
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insist that manufacturing companies ensure that procured components are not produced in
sweatshop conditions or where there is abuse of migrant women or men workers.
Resolution 24
Youth Service
(1)
This Conference continues to be opposed to the unfair and unnecessary attacks on The GS
wrote letters to every MP and member of the House of Lords on behalf of the campaign and drafted
the Young People and Youth Work Bill with Unite member Andy Driver and former director of the
National Youth Agency Tom Wylie.A special meeting of Chooseyouth was held on June 4th and a
renewed episode of concerted campaigning ensued. our public services. It notes with utter dismay
the consequence of this in the near ruin of the Youth Service in Britain.
(2)
The historic role of youth work as an educational service offering personal and social
development to young people outside school and work and offering an entirely unique space for
young people to grow and develop, as well as for preventative work to be undertaken is under
serious threat. The service has experienced an ideologically driven break up of youth work and the
youth services. It is undisputed that the Youth Service in England is the first public service to actually
disappear as a consequence of the austerity funding cuts to local authorities by the current Tory
Government.
(3)
Fantastic youth work now only exists in isolated fragments. The architecture of the post war
settlement of local authorities working in partnership with the voluntary sector to provide
professionally qualified workers and supported volunteers to work with and for young people to
expand their horizons and develop citizenship and collective responsibility has gone. No local
authority in England has a Youth Service left. Thousands of youth centres have closed.
(4)
This conference calls upon the GFTU and affiliate organisations to:
1.
Continue to actively support the Choose Youth Campaign, the unprecedented alliance of
youth organisations and Trade unions to defend youth services and Youth workers jobs
underpinned by professional national Terms and Conditions (JNC for Youth and Community
workers)
2.
Endorse the recent Choose Youth Statement and inform all affiliate organisations of its
content
3.
Support the Votes at 16 campaign along with a massive voter registration campaign
specifically targeting young people
4.
Campaign for a rebuilt and publically funded youth service staffed by professionally qualified
JNC youth workers with their job title protected in statute and a licence to practise scheme