The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said that the minimum wage for 18 to 21-year-olds should be raised to the same level as that for over-22s as more young workers are forced into low-paid work. Speaking at the TUC's Young Members Conference in Eastbourne, which started on March 27th, the assistant general secretary of the union organisation Kay Carberry called for the exemption of a minimum wage for apprentices to be scrapped. Ms Carberry said that economic recovery should be provoked through boosts at the bottom as well as cuts from the top, with directors receiving reduced salaries and graduates and young workers receiving higher pay. She added: "The downturn is also impacting on young people's pensions. With so many companies closing final salary schemes to new entrants, young workers are suffering the consequences." A recent report by the Work Foundation found that young workers are not being challenged in graduate jobs with 20 per cent considering theirs to have "low knowledge content".
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