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The Council has confirmed that a living wage will now serve as the baseline for all employees. Your persistence ensured that this standard could not be ignored by the leadership. We will now monitor the implementation process to ensure every worker receives the pay they deserve.

September 6, 2013

Living Wage 4 Manchester

Living Wage 4 Manchester

🏆 Won — 148 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 13 years ago
We the undersigned call on Manchester City Council leader Richard Leese to establish the Living Wage as the basic pay rate for all Manchester City Council employees and end the scourge of poverty paywithin theCouncil.

Updates

August 5, 2013

The momentum behind this initiative has grown far beyond my initial expectations. I am encouraged by the collective commitment to securing fair compensation for council employees.

Reached 100 supporters

August 5, 2013

6 Comments

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Claire Morrison
13 years ago Featured

Living wage now. End poverty pay in manchester.

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Sarah Walsh
13 years ago Featured

ABOUT TIME. Its shameful that people working for the city have to use food banks. Sort it out.

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Joanne Haddad
13 years ago Featured

Too many people struggling in this city while the ppl at the top do just fine. Pay them properly

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Mark Gupta
13 years ago Featured

everyone deserves a fair days pay for a fair days work. stop being cheap.

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Dave Ramirez
13 years ago Featured

manchester is too expensive to live on peanuts. council workers do a hard job and deserve to be able to pay their rent without sweating it.

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Kevin Yamamoto
13 years ago Featured

Keep fighting for this. My mum worked for the council for years and it was always a struggle to get by.

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