Canada – More young workers give up hope says the Canadian Labour Congress

Despite the positive signs in the most recent labour force survey from Statistics Canada, the picture for the next generation remains bleak.

“Last month, another 26,000 young workers gave up looking for a job and left the labour market. If you look at the jobs that our economy has created for these young people over the past year, you’ll see more part-time than full-time work. We need to do better for the next generation,” says Hassan Yussuff.

It’s been five years since the last recession and Canada still has nearly 360,000 young people who want to work but can’t find the job they need. Yussuff says the need for a National Jobs Plan is beyond obvious.

One-third of young workers are employed part-time—and many are in low wage, temporary, and otherwise insecure employment—with a large contingent located in the notoriously insecure retail and service sector. Too many young workers are underemployed—either unable to secure enough hours of work or lost on the margins of the labour force. For October 2014, we calculate that one in four young workers were underemployed.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  More Young Workers Give Up Hope | Canadian Labour Congress.