No tricks – just fair wages! 🎃 On #Halloween in 2023, community leaders from South London Citizens came together to ask leading arts employer to pay workers the real #LivingWage. The creative and cultural industries employ around 3.5 million people across the UK in a wide variety of roles, with 25% of all workers based in London. Whilst the creative sector now generates over £115.9 billion, many workers do not see this growth reflected in their pay. Our Making London a Living Wage City project, with Living Wage UK, aims to put hundreds of millions of pounds of wages into the pockets of Londoners and lift tens of thousands of workers out of in-work poverty by boosting the number of accredited Living Wage and #LivingHours employers across the capital. Thanks to community leaders, fair pay is now becoming a reality. (fb)

All care workers need to earn at least the real #LivingWage. Today, we published an open letter with Living Wage UK, signed by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and North East Mayor Kim McGuinness, to urge the Government to guarantee that all adult social care workers are paid at least the real Living Wage now. As the Employment Rights Bill passes through the House of Lords, we have welcomed the plans to introduce Fair Pay Agreements that will give negotiated pay and conditions a legal framework. However, this process could take until 2028, and care workers cannot afford to wait that long. Read the full letter 👇 https://www.citizensuk.org/about-us/news/mayors-sign-open-letter-with-citizens-uk-living-wage-foundation-urging-government-to-support-a-real-living-wage-for-care-workers/ (fb)