The types of jobs for young workers are shifting to part-time, casual, atypical, temporary ones which lack job security, pay lower wages and have a high turnover, while youth unemployment is higher than that of the rest of the population.
The organisation rate and participation in trade unions of young workers are low, and as a result many young workers, unaware of their rights, experience unsafe, exploitative and discriminatory work practices. The best way to tackle these problems is by getting organised in a trade union.
The SIPTU Youth Network aims to:
- Fight against precarious work practices
- Represent and defend your interests as a young worker
- Strengthen your commitment to build a better society
- Fight against discrimination in the workplace
- Enable you to have your say in your Union
As young workers face specific issues at work, the SIPTu Youth Network are committed to including these concerns in union organising and campaigning to build a stronger Union.
Young women and men are not only the future of the trade union movement, but we are important partners in the present fight for decency and fairness at work and in society.
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