Media Coverage of the Social Work Action Network Ireland campaign against the proposed “Graduate Scheme” for Newly Qualified Social Workers

admin - March 22, 2014

Article in the Journal newspaper: http://www.thejournal.ie/student-social-workers-1346047-Mar2014/

Article in The University Times: http://universitytimes.ie/?p=25119

Photo coverage in Demotrix: http://www.demotix.com/news/4254993/national-social-workers-protest-against-cheap-labour/all-media

Video from Paula Geraghty at Trade Union TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQahPuTRRf4

Young Workers Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVdSQPIGC2g

We’re Not Leaving Campaign: http://werenotleaving.com/2014/03/21/wnl-supports-social-work-action-network/

Paul Murphy MEP: http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/2014/03/graduate-placement-scheme-thin-end-of-a-wedge-to-drive-down-wages-across-the-sector/

*Photo from Union Students Ireland (Denise McCarthy)

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