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["Youth Trade Union Rights Campaign must take up…]

Class Fighter no. 10, April 1983 · scan p. 2 · about 150 words

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"Youth Trade Union Rights Campaign must take up defence of young workers" conference is the last thing that Terry Duffy, the right wing President of the union wants. It might choose to condemn him for the treacherous role he has played over the YOPs and YTS cheap labour schemes, appearing in grovelling adverts with employers saying what a good thing the scheme is.

Set the pace

A • youth conference might also come out against Frank Chapple, arch-right wing leader of the EETPU and close associate of Duffy, who set the pace by agreeing to. cut the wages of his apprentices by over £20!

The newly established 'Youth Trade Union Rights Campaign' , successor of the YS YOPs campaign must fight for active youth sections in all the unions, which take up the defence of young workers, by restoring the full pay for apprentices, totally opposing the 'Young

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