Thread by @WorkersEESC

'Every year should be the year of youth. Their figures double the normal unemployment in Europe, and in some member states the situation is worse. And then they often lack proper working conditions, harming their living conditions'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills

'#Traineeships are great as a transition to the labour market. But multiplication of traineeships are not a substitute for proper employment. And traineeships are a learning opportunity, not a tool for cheap labour'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary #Youth #Skills

'Many young people are working in the #GigEconomy. It might be a good way to get a job but in many cases especially on #platforms, they have no social protection, they are underpaid. They must have proper and decent working conditions and pay'

@NicolasSchmitEU #EESCplenary

'This year of #skills is key. We must leave no one behind, focusin on skills and education. We need involvement of civil society and social dialogue to make it work, and will be happy to assist in its organisation'

@TatjanaBab #EESCplenary

'Even before the pandemic, young people were already among the most vulnerable in the labour market. And this hasn't improved. Protecting young workers from unpaid traineeships is fundamental. Mandatory measures might be needed to eliminate them'

@oliverroepke #EESCplenary

'Finally we shed some light on a generation hard hit by the economic crisis, Covid and now the war. But we need continuity. We need quality jobs, extracurricular traineeships, and social protection, to accompany them'

@NMerlo87 #EESCPlenary #Youth

'The European Year of #Youth is also the year of the war in #Ukraine. Young pepole from Ukraine came to Europe looking for shelter. I wish that during this year we had also looked at the situation of these young people. And in the coming years'

Mateusz Szymański #EESCplenary

'I am wondering what the youth is doing so wrong that it has to work in unpaid #traineeships or to convince employers to hire them even under precarious working conditions

What kind of #Europe do we want to leave to the generations to come?'

@MarinFlorian7 #EESCplenary #Youth

@MarinFlorian7 @ETUC_Youth @oliverroepke @TatjanaBab @NMerlo87 @EESC_PRESS 📰The #EESCPlenary has adopted @EESC_SOC opinion on European Year of Skills 2023 by @TatjanaBab

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