As the semester winds down and students retreat to their classrooms and studies, is a good time to reflect on the struggles that young people are facing and our willingness to fight back and demand a real change in the system that will protect young people in this fragile economy.

Last week AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler posted a blog on the Huffington Post about the dire situation of young workers and the AFL-CIO’s proposed five point initial steps to support workers in this economy.  In these steps, you can see the immediate connection to the current work that students nationwide are engaged in against budget cuts and layoffs.  Two points in the AFL-CIO’s plan for addressing the jobs crisis speak directly to the needs and demands that we have been pushing for in the student movement. 

Rebuild America’s schools, roads and energy systems and invest in green technology and green jobs.

Increase aid to state and local governments to maintain vital services.

It is not surprising that the labor movement and the student movement see the same problems and solutions.  We share the need to fight back

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