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Paper of Socialist Students in NOLS. 5p plus postage from Andy Bennett, c/o DSU, Dunelm MODE B1 Youth Training Schemes, the ones which are based in the community or in a workshop, are being cut back or closed.

In February Tom King announced that community projects are to be cut and Bls are beine closed down. Metro Action Central will have all stopped from though some started there in Two scheme ham are thr closure (the where the YTS RAW MATERIAN IN in Doncaster their funds April, even trainees only January• s in Birmingeatened with two schemes Action Group ahlet produced by Crossover London.

A host across the chop, too.

Bi scl expensive 1 led Mode also tend for youth rejected echemer Ashworth most involved) and so is in Newham, East of other schemes country face the lemes are more han the employerA schemes. They to provide places who have been from Mode A hark vonth px. suvito - viava yuume, vaoffenders, or youth with special problems, perhaps learning difficulties, 11 2AW NI FELA OUT Most of the 15 trainees from Crossover lobbied the London Area Manpower Board, demanding that their scheme be left alone.

On this scheme the youth learn silk-screen printing and dress design among other things. On Metro Action Central some trainees are helping to build a new centre for the local Society for the Deaf.

All schemes are now coming up for review. Schemes run by the private training agencies, which are grossly undersubscribed, are being allowed to expand, while Mode B1 schemes, some of which have long waiting lists, are to be closed.

The Area Manpower Boards have few rights. Accepting • Or rejecting schemes is one of them. But not for much longer. Soon this power will lie in the hands of the central Manpower Services Commission itself.

YTS is now becoming just what the government really wants, a scheme to encourage çowboy firms to grow and a way of subsidising other firms.

All this nonsense about trainees benefitting from the schemes has got to be exposed for the lie hat it is. Mechanics played a prominent role in negotiating the Massey Ferguson deal.

* TGWU and GMBU charge 10p a week and seem keen to recruit. Both have produced very good handbooks on YTS.

*APEX charge 5p a week.

* ASTMS charges 50p a month.

*NALGO normally recruits trainees only where trade union Spot the Difference £25 £41.99 From the Research pamphlet : fragiles on in wca 151.: "l House, New Elvet, Durham Ji more trainees into British Telecom).

* NUR charge a £1 single payment. Trainees join the appropriate area branch.

* NUPE presently charge 35p per week, but this is likely to go down to 5p in line with conference policy. Individual branches can organise special trainee section.

* The Bakers • Union only recruits trainees when 'a satisfactory pay rate is negotiated'. They charge 70p per week.

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FORCE YOUTH GOOD-WHY SCHEMES NO WANT YOUTH CONSCRIPTION YTS! TO ON

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Organiser April no.174 Page JOHN HARRIS

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