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9th April 2013
We are recruiting! Living Wage Team Administrator £18,000 – £22,000 (depending on experience) 12 months fixed term contract with potential to extend
7th March 2013
John Lewis staff today celebrated a 17% bonus as they shared a £200m bonus pot. But 3000 of their cleaning staff across the country have been left out in the cold. They are paid just minimum wage and struggle to get by.
21st January 2013
Beyond the Bottom Line: The challenges and opportunities of a living wage
5th November 2012
Today Boris Johnson announced the new London Living Wage rate and Julia Unwin CBE announced the new UK Living Wage rate. Events in London, Glasgow, Cardiff and York will mark the start of the first Living Wage Week.
31st October 2012
Our principal partner the Resolution Foundation has published the final report of the Commission on Living Standards.
31st October 2012
One in five workers in the UK – some 4.82 million people – are paid less than the ‘Living Wage’, new research from accountancy firm KPMG shows today.
18th October 2012
New analysis by funded by Trust for London shows that there has been a 100,000 increase in the number of London jobs paying below the London LivingWage (LLW) – taking the total to 580,000. This means that 1 in 5 Londoners working in the capital are now paid poverty wages.
18th July 2012
Eight Cabinet Ministers arrived at their desks last Thursday to find hand-delivered letters from cleaners in their department asking for a Living Wage of £8.30 an hour.
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