Young Peoples’ Charter On Saturday 9th November 2013 at the Young People’s Assembly in Liberty Hall, the largest and broadest gathering of young people since the crisis began – for the first time bringing together students, the young unemployed, precarious workers and their representative organisations – started work on a common charter and strategies to get organised and fight back. Facilitated by the We’re Not Leaving campaign, the Young People’s Assembly collectively produced the following: PRECARIOUS WORK & CORPORATE INTERNSHIP CULTURE We Demand: 1.
That companies be barred from displacing current paid workers with internship positions.
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That a day’s work should equal a day’s pay – a living wage.
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An end to the institutional normalisation of internship culture and the commencement of independent monitoring of internship schemes.
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Stability and security in the workplace in terms of hours, income and location.
5. That the concept of “experience” should not replace paid work. MENTAL HEALTH We Demand: 1.
Universal access to free, local and high‐quality public mental health services.
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A collective and social approach to the de‐stigmatisation of mental health issues and that positive mental health be promoted in the community, workplace and education system.
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Recognition of the impact of precarious work, internship culture, unemployment and poverty on the mental health of young people in Ireland.
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT & FORCED EMIGRATION We Demand: 1.
That young people who have been forced to emigrate must have the right to vote in elections in Ireland.
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An end to the recruitment embargo within the public sector.
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The recognition of our status as adults in society.
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That our trade unions be recognised and be allowed to collectively bargain on our behalf.
5.
Real job creation from the government instead of token measures.