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GMB Glasgow's young workforce co-ordinators demand multi-year funding
Strikers march to Glasgow Council's city chambers for a mass rally during a 48 hour strike by 8,000 GMB and Unison members over an equal pay claim, October 2018

A SCOTTISH government-funded programme that helps school and college students into apprenticeships and work-based training is in need of long-term income to secure its future, its co-ordinators have warned.

Eleven workers delivering Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) in Glasgow were served redundancy notices last February after funding was cut, only winning a reprieve after a high-profile GMB campaign alongside sister trade unions, parents and students.  

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