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“I Know What It’s Like to Struggle”
The Working Lives of Young Students in an Urban Community College
Spring 2003, by Stuart Tannock and Sara Flocks
Labor Studies Journal, vol. 28 no. 1, pages 1-30, published for the United Association for Labor Education by the West Virginia University Press.
» Pre-Publication Report 
Chronicle of the difficulties faced by young student-workers, illustrating the burdens of the work-school balance, and the funneling of such workers into highly exploitative, low-wage service jobs. The authors argue that traditional solutions emphasizing upward mobility through education are inadequate, and call for actions directed toward the improvement of worker conditions. The article concludes with fronts for future organizing.
 Eyes on the Fries: Young Workers in the Service Economy
2003, a film by Casey Peek and Jeremy Blasi
» Film and Curriculum
This short film examines the rampant worker exploitation in the low-wage service sector, and young workers’ efforts to improve conditions in these jobs. The video is accompanied by a downloadable curriculum guide on the new service economy.
(This film is available for purchase.)
The Canadian Labor Movement’s Big Youth Turn
Summer 2002, by Stuart Tannock and Sara Flocks
» Report
In 1996, the Canadian Labour Congress adopted a resolution that called for youth to become a central outreach and organizing priority for all union affiliates. This article explores what led up to the CLC resolution, what has happened in the years since, and what lessons the Canadian labor movement’s youth project has for the labor movement here in the United States.
Why Do Working Youth Work Where They Do?
March 2002, by Stuart Tannock
» Report
This report examines the current state of youth labor in the US, explaining the decades-long development of the low-wage, deskilled service sector jobs, and the funneling of young workers into those jobs.
The Literacies of Youth Workers and Youth Workplaces
April 2001, by Stuart Tannock
» Report
This short essay emphasizes knowledge and aptitudes (or “literacies”) of youth workers, against the accepted idea of young workers as confined to low-end service jobs because of skills deficiencies alone.
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