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Next Wave Conference Materials

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          • ‘A Better Deal’ for Young Workers
            Upcoming conference will look at the crisis facing today’s young people in an economy that isn’t working for them.
          • AFL-CIO Aims to Bring Young People Into Unions
            "We need a unionism that makes sense to the next generation -- young women and men who either don't have the money to go to college or are almost penniless by the time they come out," said AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka.
          • As Rank-and-File Ages, Labor Ponders How to Bring In the Young
            The ultimate in rejuvenation is to get young union members involved in their own workplace unions. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Shuler says the commitment of AFSCME Next Wave to recruiting and nurturing young members appears to be paying off.
          • Young Workers Show Less Progress Than 10 Years Ago
            A new study finds disturbing developments for young workers between the ages of 18 and 35. The study blames the downturn in the economy and insufficient government intervention.
          • Young Workers: A Lost Decade
            Labor Day is a federal holiday. So why will 31 percent of young workers be on the job that day? That's compared with just 23 percent of workers older than 35, and it's just one of the ways young workers are struggling, according to a survey done by Working America and the AFL-CIO.
          • The Grim State of Young Workers
            Young people feeling more economic insecurity combined with a more left-leaning political outlook further support the theory that the Millennials could be the most union-friendly generation in half a century. But mere sympathy for the idea of organizing won’t put union cards in their hands.
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