Intern Aware

Intern Aware is a British-based pressure group, calling for reform of the internship system, focusing on the issue of pay and the minimum wage. The organisation started as a Facebook group named "Interns Must Be Paid The Minimum Wage".[1] It has led campaigns focused on the non-payment of parliamentary interns.[2][3][4] It also campaigned during the Labour Party's leadership election, securing the support of all five candidates[5][6] and persuading Andy Burnham MP to demand that the BBC end unpaid work experience.[7] The campaign has also drawn attention to the connection between increased graduate unemployment and unpaid interns.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ Tahmincioglu, Eve (12 April 2010). "Working for Free: The Boom in Adult Interns". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1977130,00.html. 
  2. ^ Rowley, Tom; Savage, Michael (14 September 2010). "MPs should pay us as employees, say Parliament's revolting interns". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-should-pay-us-as-employees-say-parliaments-revolting-interns-2078449.html. 
  3. ^ "British democracy is run on unpaid labour". Left Foot Forward. 30 March 2011. http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/03/british-democracy-is-run-on-unpaid-labour/. 
  4. ^ Davis, Rowenna (18 February 2010). "House of poshos". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2010/02/minimum-wage-interns-mps. 
  5. ^ Williams, Zoe (8 July 2010). "Support the Tories? That's a steep price for an internship". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/support-tories-steep-price-internship?INTCMP=SRCH. 
  6. ^ Waugh, Paul (21 July 2010). "Andy Burnham, unpaid 'volunteers' and 'interns'". The London Evening Standard. http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2010/07/andy-burnham-unpaid-volunteers-and-interns.html. 
  7. ^ Midgley, Neil (23 July 2010). "Andy Burnham: BBC should end unpaid work experience". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/7904849/Andy-Burnham-BBC-should-end-unpaid-work-experience.html. 
  8. ^ Murray, Janet (21 September 2010). "The 1994 Group of universities advertises for graduate volunteers". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/sep/21/internships-increasing-graduates-public-sector?INTCMP=SRCH. 
  9. ^ Fineran, Lindsey; Burtun, James (11 July 2010). "The lost generation: Out of work, out of luck - graduates finding it tough". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/the-lost-generation-out-of-work-out-of-luck--graduates-finding-it-tough-2023991.html. 
  10. ^ {{cite news url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1368779/Interships-Its-slave-labour-teaches-lot.html |title='It's slave labour, but it teaches you a lot': The harsh realities of working as an intern |first=Jane|last=Phillimore |work=The Daily Mail}} |date=1 April 2011}}
  11. ^ "12 April 2010". Woman's Hour. BBC Radio 4. 12 April 2010.

External links

Official website