{"id":15550,"date":"2018-07-04T17:27:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=15550"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:58:39","slug":"fair-wages-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=15550","title":{"rendered":"Fair wages for all ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite young members met with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured below) after his Unite policy conference address on Tuesday (July 3) to throw his support behind a new campaign for young people.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15554\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3496-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3496\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3496-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3496-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3496-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3496.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the Tory government, young people under the age of 25 face blatant age discrimination under minimum wage laws. They can be doing the exact same job as a colleague aged 25 or over but get paid less &#8212; in some cases much less. For those 18 to 20, it is legal to pay these workers as little \u00c2\u01415.90 an hour; for those under 18, the minimum wage drops to \u00c2\u01414.20 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite young members are fighting this with their Fair Wages for All Ages campaign. Corbyn pledged his support &#8212; Labour aims to introduce an across-the-board minimum wage of \u00c2\u014110 an hour for all workers, regardless of age, by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UniteLive caught up with some young members in the videos below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wD1e_OFecZk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xlDf5Z7UrJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5n2lU8ZNrc8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WZVAxpP7hKc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite young members met with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (pictured below) after his Unite policy conference address on Tuesday (July 3) to throw his support behind a new campaign for young people. Under the Tory government, young people under the age of 25 face blatant age discrimination under minimum wage laws. 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