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Monday, 18 January 2010
Positive steps with Truro's Young Women's Conference
Young women prepare for groundbreaking conference and manifesto
6 August 2009
YWCA welcomes pay boost for apprentices
YWCA welcomes the announcement from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) that the lowest paid apprentices will get a pay boost from £80 to £95 a week
25 June 2009
It's time to get fair
Over sixty charities and community organisations have come together to challenge MPs across the country to act now and protect the poorest in society who are hardest hit by the recession.
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15 June 2009
YWCA welcomes consideration of apprentices' minimum wage Low Pay Commission to consider minimum wage for apprentices
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3 July 2008
Local girls get into builder gear at YWCA’s Skills Day Young women try out non-traditional jobs at skills day
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7 February 2008
Apprenticeships: Now make them work for girls says YWCA
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