"This report, based on a nationwide survey of  1,156 people by Peter D. Hart research Associates for the AFL-cIo and the AFL-CIO community affiliate Working America, examines young workers’ economic standing, attitudes and hopes for the future. It also draws a comparison with findings from a similar 1999 AFL-CIO study, as well as with attitudes of workers older than 35. The findings reveal a lost decade for young workers in America. Not only have young workers lost financial ground over
the past 10 years; they have also lost some of their optimism.

But this drop in optimism isn’t keeping young workers from getting involved. With a comprehensive and progressive vision for revamping the economy, increasing numbers of young people are becoming politically active."

http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/09/01/young-workers-a-lost-decade/