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the interests of all members, including those who have recently entered the labor force

what might otherwise be a useful critique of the classic divide and conquer tactic used by governments, Phillip Inman is a strange argument that the unions are preparing to sell the young workers like me.

is right that young people are among the biggest losers of the changes planned by the government for public sector pensions. It goes without saying that because we have already stopped working, our pensions have lost value during this period.

members of my union, the union of public and commercial services, we have seen for themselves how this loss might be. The pension calculator online, we have developed shows that some workers in their 20 years may lose tens of thousands of pounds to pay more and work harder for less.

new entrants to the public - in a pattern of his career average, agreed under the agreement concluded with trade unions the previous government a few years ago - are already affected. The change to link pensions to the index of consumer prices instead of retail price index, which is higher than devalue their pension each year for the rest of their lives.

In this context, to suggest unions are less interested in young workers is wrong. There is another aspect of the old adage wrong and that youth are too apathetic to be bothered with politics or pensions.

Equally important, the representatives of young people like me, hold positions in the two major groups, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions, and sit at the organ of negotiation. We had a young member of our delegation TUC Congress last two years and will be part of our delegation, when unions get together for the annual conference in London next week.

Our campaigns to improve wages and working conditions in call centers, for example, simply could not function without the direct involvement of young people are an important part of this labor of work.
to challenge the government on youth unemployment, work with student organizations and the community to oppose cuts to education, and support campaigns of direct action uncut in the UK, which continues to demonstrate a commitment to young people - both within our Union and beyond our membership.

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