Claim: Trade union sign up for those aged between 25 and 34 is 17% and for those aged 16 to 25 it's 5%.
Fact-check: Union membership among young people - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not quite correct. 13% of the uk population aged 25 to 34 were union members and employees in 2015 and 4% of those aged 16 to 24. ms andrews meant to refer to the proportion of trade union members in these age groups. 5% of trade union members were 16 to 24 in 2015 and 18% were aged 25 to 34.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-03-31T00:00:00