Assembly Against Austerity - to resist cuts to public services and their impact on the most vulnerable, including the young.
Second, the former Barnsley HQ of the National Union of Mineworkers became the national base for supporting a new genre of trade union membership: for the past couple of years, the unemployed, the retired and students have been able to join Unite for 50p a week. This entitles them to practical support. Third, the Resolution Foundation reported that one in three young adults aged 21 to 30 are now classed as low paid, triple the figure 40 years ago. Fourth, Owen Jones published The Establishment, demonstrating the huge, increasing divide between an elite and the rest of us. And fifth, the acronym "gringo" was fashioned: graduates in non-graduate occupations.
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