Young Workers Struggle to Find Good Jobs

Solidarity Center

Oct 13 2021 | 00:33:23

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Show Notes

Around the world, young people with few job options are forced to take whatever work they can find, no matter how low the pay or insecure the work. Many sign on with platform-based jobs to get by. Others leave their country with the hope of finding decent, secure work elsewhere, looking for a chance to […]

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