International Youth Day 2010

12 August is United Nations International Youth Day. This year, 12 August also sees the launch of the UN International Year of Youth: http://social.un.org/youthyear/.  As the fall-out from the global economic crisis continues, Public Services International (PSI) takes the opportunity to underline the importance of policy measures to secure decent work for young people and ensure that a generation of young workers do not end up in a cycle of unemployment, under-employment and precarious jobs. The current outlook is bleak as figures from the International Labour Organisation show: http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_143312/index.htm

Cuts in public spending and austerity measures being imposed across the board only serve to exacerbate the situation. On International Youth Day, PSI urges governments to pay due attention to increasing decent employment opportunities for young people, including a focus on training, recruitment and retention.

Three PSI posters are available for download. If you would like to receive the links below. If you would like to receive posters by postal mail please send us an email at this address: equality@world-psi.org with the following information: Name, Union, Address, Quantities needed, Languages).
 

Download PSI posters

Links

UN web page Youth and the United Nations

2010 Edition of the World Programme of Action for Youth

ILO publication: Decent Work, a common goal of youth and trade unions

PSI Publication on young workers

Giving Young Workers a VOICE in Trade Unions! (also exists in French and Spanish)

Contact us

Chidi King, PSI's Equality & Rights Officer can be contacted at:
equality@world-psi.org

phone: +33 (0)4 50 40 64 64
fax: +33 (0)4 50 40 73 20

or write to:
Chidi King
Equality & Rights Officer
Public Services International
45, avenue Voltaire
BP 9
01211 Ferney Voltaire Cedex
France