Dear Editor,
International Youth Day gives the World an opportunity to recognise the potential of youths, to celebrate their achievements, and plan for ways to better engage more young people in trade unions to successfully take action in the development of their trade unions. The trade unions leaders must focus on key priorities including trade union education, health, youth and conflict, hunger and poverty, HIV/AIDS, climate change and employment.
The World Youth Report 2005 states that over 200 million young people, or 18 percent of all youth, live on less than one dollar a day U.S, and that over 88 million youth are unemployed. Young people living in poverty, are frequently overlooked in national poverty reduction strategies. The Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union calls under the theme”Youth & Climate Change: Time for Action”.
Yours faithfully,
Sherwood Clarke
CCWU Youth Coordinator
