Young Labour

The National Party has today announced a despicable plan to attack young people’s right to earn a decent living wage, with a return to youth wages, which will be a serious blow for young people already struggling to make ends meet.

Young Labour President Ella Hardy said “National would love to see young people starting their working life in poverty just so they can help their multinational business mates like McDonalds and Subway make a little bit extra. This appears to be a deliberate push to widen the gap between rich and poor.” (more…)

Students are this week rallying against the Government’s attack on young workers’ rights to earn a living wage, in a campaign organised by Young Labour.


“Youth rates are discriminatory and the possibility of their reintroduction is bad news for young people,” Young Labour President Ella Hardy says.
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Young Labour is outraged by the government’s failure to protect the principle of equal pay for equal work.

The organisation’s President Ella Hardy says John Key’s refusal to rule out a return to a separate, lower, minimum wage for young workers is discriminatory. (more…)