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GMB call for end to exploitation of young people

GMB delegates have called for an end to the “exploitation” of young people through the discriminatory lower levels of the minimum wage.  Conference warned that the lower rates for under-18s and under-21s were increasing young people’s sense of frustration with the government.

Commission on Vulnerable Employment visits Manchester

The Commission on Vulnerable Employment recently visited Manchester, to meet with both people who have experienced vulnerable employment and organisations who have supported them. The Commission started with a round table discussion event which included representatives from the Citizens Advice Bureau, ACAS, North Manchester Law Centre, Oxfam, Migrant Workers NW, Advance Personel, Liverpool People’s Centre, [...]

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