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Internships are now accepted as an essential first step into the job market. Graduates often do two or three internships, the majority are unpaid with no job on the cards when they end. Is working for nothing for six months an elitist opportunity for rich kids whose parents can fund them? Are companies abusing free labour? Should internships be regulated or should young people just wise up about what’s on offer? WORLDbytes reporters check out the view on the streets of East London.Internships are now accepted as an essential first step into the job market. Graduates... more
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Did rising unemployment and poverty coincide with the start of the recession? Tom MacInnes, Research Director at the New Policy Institute, unpacks the facts and suggests that job losses, unemployment and poverty started to rise years before the present recession although the recession inevitably made things worse. The economic failure, he argues, is as much, if not more, to do with the loss of manufacturing and industries then the financial sector’s flop. The truth is also laid bare about the chronic problem of youth unemployment; one which is yet to be resolved.
You can also watch this programme on the online news channel www.worldbytes.orgDid rising unemployment and poverty coincide with the start of the recession? Tom... more
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While the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was sponsoring Refugee Week in the UK, the management of this well known international university were hosting an immigration raid on campus. The hypocrisy was not lost on students who quickly occupied directorate offices in opposition to the arrest and detention of nine so called ‘illegal’ cleaning staff by border police. WORLDbytes reporters spoke to students at an impromptu rally and inside the occupied offices. As one migrant cleaner from Columbia, Alberto Durango says in the report: “We need to resist... This is happening in the City of London. This is happening all around London…But it’s up to us to fight back.” Student’s opposition and speedy action has already brought results. SOAS Principal Paul Webley was forced to make a request to the home secretary to grant all the cleaners leave to remain in the UK. So far, his demand has fallen on deaf ears, but SOAS chiefs may not be so quick to cooperate with the government’s anti-immigrant agenda in future.While the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London was sponsoring... more
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The UK is one of the richest nations in the world, so why are so many of us paid so little? This report interviews individuals feeling the pinch, talks to Living Wage campaigners and discusses low pay with economist and writer Stuart Simpson who explains higher wages for all are perfectly possible. We shouldn't let the credit crunch be another excuse for paying a pittance. The UK is one of the richest nations in the world, so why are so many of us paid so... more
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