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  1. "Workers on voluntary Real Living Wage see 10% pay rise"

    A reminder that the Real Living Wage preceded the English government's Living Wage, formerly known as the national minimum wage. The Tories stole the unprotected name from the Living Wage Foundation.

    #LivingWage #RealLivingWage #NationalMinimumWage

    bbc.co.uk/news/business-671946

  2. Good news (albeit qualified by the continuing #costoflivingcrisis ) for #workers at firms who pay the voluntary #RealLivingWage... which will rise to a level of over £3k more than the #minimumwage set by the Govt.

    Also good that the number of firms signed up to the scheme to set a high(er) voluntary floor to wages has risen from 11,000 to 14,000 in a year.

    Such actions make a real difference to employees & their families!

    theguardian.com/society/2023/o

  3. Time for a change?

    Independence gives every party a chance to step away from Westminster-led politics and become fully independent, on their own terms. Maybe in an independent Scotland, some of the parties who voted against #reallivingwage could start thinking about what the public actually want, rather than taking the 'oppose SNP at all costs' line. #YouYesYet

  4. Any councillor who votes against paying #RealLivingWage - especially in a #CostOfLivingCrisis - should be taking a good look at what's driving their decision - and why they went into politics in the first place.

    It shouldn't be this way. Our political figures should be there to serve the people first, not their own careers - or even their own party. Is the party whip being wielded too often, these days?

  5. Yet more data on the #genderpaygap:

    14% of all working women are in jobs that pay below the #RealLivingWage;

    9% of men are;

    60% of all jobs that pay below RLW are held by women.

    Whatever the micro-explanations about #childcare, career breaks and so on, the overall picture is a society that continues to have a major gender problem in the #LabourMarket!

    theguardian.com/society/2023/m

  6. @HampshireKarin quite so! If that were in place there’d never be any need for strikes.

    C’mon you Tories, listen up: fix the problems, not the symptoms!

    #ToryFail #RealLivingWage #FixTheProblems