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Much rural work requires Student unemployment grew 28% between ‘Summer Jobs for Students’. Its objective is to any private sector work, secondly to specific skills. Even Federated Farmers were last summer and the one before that. At that to restore the Student Work Scheme (SCSP). partially subsidised work and, as a last resort, unable to place 29% of their farm cadets in rate what are you going to do for a job this to the student work scheme. That 12,500 work in January this year. The Labour summer? □ Why seek the restoration of the Student you better do ended up on the scheme last summer shows Department’s farm employment scheme has □ Why bother protesting? The Government Work Scheme? there was no work in the first two areas. only been able to place 2,000 people in work. o the meeting Student unemployment is very high and its is unstoppable! ; 1pm in the Labour Department officials privately admit Only 20% of them are women - women growth has paralleled the rise in general this. students face little chance in the rural sector. NZUSA’s campaign has won wide and If you are unemployment. This coming summer one in historically unprecedented support from the come along □ Weren’t students privileged compared to The seasonal nature of horticultural work every three students faces unemployment. also excluded students. The Farm community at large. Local authorities from yone who has The Student Work Scheme employed over the other unemployed? Taihape to Ashburton, community »xt couple of Students were not eligible for all the other Information Centre in Hastings, when asked 12,500 students last summer. It was a scheme for comment on rural work said: organisations and influential individuals are on the shape that met real social needs in the community job creation schemes because they were not behind us. ;s, leafletters, classed as ‘permanent job seekers’. The ‘Government or any other organisation e.g. children’s holiday programmes, would be most unrealistic, in light of the The government is not unstoppable. They ;ers, private restoration schemes, recreational and student work scheme was advantageous in only have a one-seat majority in the house. ntact people, that it diverted students away from scarce current depressed employment situation, entertainment activities for everyone from in any expectation of the farming sector’s They are sensitive to this kind of public ;rs, petition elderly to the disabled. All these benefits will opportunities available to other unemployed opinion lest one of many disgruntled «pie to hang people. Now students will be the only group of ability to provide unsubsidised work be lost this summer and there will also be real opportunities for other than a small hand­ backbenchers crosses the floor. o listen to us. social costs without it. unemployed not eligible for any fully In recent times they have, among other subsidised scheme. ful of tertiary students over their 1982/83 vacation.’ things, been forced to back down on the □ Aren’t we being selfish demanding smelter and health cuts. Plans to increase Government-funded jobs? □ But don’t we all have to tighten our belts? The country can’t afford it! □ Won’t most students be better off with the prescription charges met with massive NO. The Government’s own tertiary new bursary of $50 per week? bursary scheme is only a ‘grant-in-aid’, that Government expenditure is not being cut opposition from doctors, health workers and overall. What is happening is that resources Really generous! The government spends the community and were dropped. means if you can’t get vacation work and $9 million extra on bursaries but saves $26 PARTY save, then the bursary isn’t designed to meet are being transferred from people (Education, The Government decision to scrap SCSP is Job Creation and Social Services) to big million by scrapping the Student Work clearly going to cause massive student your shortfall. The Department of Scheme. The Department of Education has mal childrens Education’s data already shows that even business (through export and tax incentives unemployment. The Department of Social jse who gave and other subsidies). And rather than create clearly stated that the new bursary won’t help Welfare is expecting over 9,000 students to after a bursary and savings the median those who can’t get work. In addition, over iy 3. Special student still faces an annual deficit of over jobs, this taxpayers’ money is only ending up apply for the $57 a week Emergency . You’re all 30% of full-time students don’t even qualify Unemployment Benefit, and anticipates many $1,000.00! in profits. New Zealand is a low spender on education. for or receive the bursary. They depend solely being on it for the whole summer! If students’ can’t get holiday work many on holiday earnings to live during the will be forced to leave university. Many, many Recent figures show that, per child, the UK Don’t let them do it. The cost-cutting STY spent 1.66 times more than us; the US 2.38 academic year. mentality has gone haywire. The government more will never make it to university without The hardship grant next year, unlike the ednesday 14 holiday jobs. times more; West Germany 2.67 times more; is pretending that the reality of rts Building, Holland 3.1 and Sweden 3.98. It is not true one we’ve currently got, specifically excludes unemployment doesn’t exist. Show them ies. □ Isn’t it students’ fault that the scheme was that we need to reduce or hold social impaired holiday earnings as a reason for what you think! scrapped • students abused it and were expenditure. We are, by any international applying for it. CLEAR overpaid? comparison, already short-changed. And even the new bursary is low in SUPPORT THE ‘SUMMER JOBS Any job creation scheme is a patch-up job comparison with past years. Students in 1976 FOR STUDENTS’ CAMPAIGN. T (at best) for a bad unemployment situation. □ But the jobs are there if you look for them? were receiving (in 1982 dollars) some $59 a Students always look for jobs. They always COME TO THE GALA IN July 14 in the There were isolated abuses by students and week as a basic rate. You get $27 this year, employers, but the vast majority of work done have, individually and through university and next year the same. Even $50 doesn’t meet AOTEA SQUARE. SUPPORT 1 Session on students’ association employment services. THE PETITION THIS t. Two weeks under the scheme was well-run and the most people’s basic living costs, especially if students employed worked hard. The Over 60% found work last summer but a third you’re in a hostel. WEDNESDAY - JULY 21 — ecial Session, Department of Labour acknowledges this and were left unemployed. With over 77,000 vices’ in the people unemployed or on special work □ I got a job last summer - it won’t affect me? THE NATIONAL DAY OF hypocrisy is so does the community. Competition for jobs in November will be The Labour Department, not students, was schemes, the situation is grim. ACTION FOR SUMMER JOBS irs in the last The growth in student unemployment has incredibly intense without the student work responsible for determining rates of pay and scheme. Unemployment is not selective; you approval of all projects. Students were either resulted from the drying up of traditional Robin Arthur and Brian Small full week of areas of work. may find you’ll be third on the queue instead paid standard rates calculated by the of first as you were last summer. NZUSA ■ Iminating in Department to be average rates or award it 6. Any The Labour Department Student Job >me along!!! ISSUE 16 CRACCUM Vol 56 1982 Craccum July 20 1982 • 1 Editorial Contents Features ENV 200...............................................................4 Election of officers.............................................6 David Faulls Plastic Bullets.....................................................6 Dean Parker Homelessness...................................................... 8 Katherine Percy Summer Jobs Supplement................................9 Bruce Cronin CRASS................................................................ 17 Regular Features Campus News..................................................... 3 WHY FI6-HT i t ? What’s on,...on Campus.....................................3 Arts...................................................................... 13 Letters.................................................................17 Notices......................................................... ...... 19 Presidential Issue 16 CRACCUM Vol 56 1982 Editor......... ........................... David Faulls CRACCUM is registered with the Post Office Technical Editor.............. William Mcllhagga as a newspaper. It is published by the Craccum Advertising Manager................ Jason Kemp Administration Board for the Auckland Assistant Editor....................... Paul Grinder University Students' Association, and printed Chatshow Typesetters...........................Barbara Hendry by Wanganui Newspapers Ltd. Opinions ................................................Raewyn Green expressed herein are not necessarily anyone's, Photographer....................................Leo Jew including the Editorial Staff, and in no way represent the official policy (should there be any) of the Association.

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