John McDonnell spoke to Paul Callanan, Youth Fight for Jobs national organiser, and Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary –
John Said “The Government’s unemployment figures came out this week, showing that unemployment has reached 2.53 million, with nearly a million youg people under 24 now unemployed. I am really fearful of effect this will have on the lives of so many youngsters. I remember what happened in the 1980s when unemployment scarred the lives of so many young people then and for a long time to come. A group of young people have got together to retrace the steps of the Jarrow unemployed workers, who 75 years ago marched to London to highlight the plight of the unemployed. I am supporting this march because I believe that we need to put pressure on the Government to do more to create jobs and help young people get into work, training or higher education. I raised this issue in Parliament by tabling an Early Day Motion on Wednesday.”
http://www.john-mcdonnell.net/news/article/youth-unemployment-hits-million-mark.-jarrow-youth-march/
Jarrow March 2011 