11 months after the start of the pandemic, young trade union leaders say that young unemployed, those neither in employment or education or training, and workers in platform companies are not being helped enough by job and wage protection schemes and related emergency measures.

These findings will be presented today to Commissioner Nicolas Schmit and the Portuguese President of EU Council of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Ministers, Ana Mendes Godinho at an online conference ‘(How) Will Europe prevent a Lost Generation?’ attended by over 200 young people.

The survey found that among young trade union leaders

• 96% said young unemployed and workers in platform companies were not helped enough by job and wage protection schemes and related emergency measures.
• 92% said those neither in employment nor education nor training were not helped enough by job and wage protection schemes and related emergency measures.
• 88% said those in non-standard employment were not helped enough by job and wage protection schemes and related emergency measures.  

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