More than 700 youths from across Massachusetts rallied at Old South Church and marched to the State House on Thursday to demand jobs and job funding for teens.
The teens and youth advocates have said that the higher minimum wage and proposed state budget cuts will lead to the elimination of more than 1,000 jobs for young people this summer.
The US unemployment rate for people between the ages of 16 and 19 was 18.8 percent in January, more than three times the overall US unemployment rate of 5.7 percent.
Megan Woolhouse
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