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Friday, 27 November 2009
Building career hopes
YWCA Wolverhamton's young women don hard hats and get working
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
15 June 2009
YWCA welcomes consideration of apprentices' minimum wage
YWCA welcomes the announcement that the Low Pay Commission will be considering a national minimum wage for apprentices.
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10 June 2009
Local companies teach Wolverhampton girls work skills
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29 May 2009
Young women try out careers in construction Wolverhampton Homes hold women in construction event
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26 May 2009
Apprentices should receive national minimum wage Low pay commission releases 2009 report
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27 April 2009
YWCA's response to Equality Bill Focus on ending inequality welcome
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16 March 2009
More innovative solutions to drinking problems needed Girls should have more to do than get drunk, says chief exec
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8 March 2009
Bridging the gap YWCA produce supplement for The Telegraph
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25 February 2009
YWCA continues to campaign for a fair national minimum wage We want higher national minimum wage and an end to age bands
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16 December 2008
A review of the Low Pay meeting by Kimberley Tew Young women meet with Low Pay commissioners
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