We demand UCL pay the London Living Wage: NOW
Despite committing to the London Living Wage in September 2010, UCL still pays its contract cleaning and catering staff poverty wages. Fourteen months on we demand the living wage be instated:NOW! In this same time period workers have seen their hours cut, and workloads increased .As part of its illusive transition, UCL management has overseen an attack on conditions - a flagrant disregard for the LLW's central concern: workers' welfare. The LLW package is determined by the Greater London Authority as a bare minimum to survive in London. It's set at a level meant to ensure earners and their dependants can have:* adequate warmth and shelter
* a healthy, palatable diet
* social integration
* enough time away from work to avoid chronic stress
As of September 2011 that means £8.30/hour (increased 45p since last year to reflect the rising cost of living in London), plus fair sick pay, fair annual leave and the utmost respect for the right to join a trade union. It's a disgrace that at a university founded on egalitarian principles so many people still have to survive on poverty wages. We are appalled that UCL not only appears to not be implementing the LLW, but that it is in fact intentionally delaying the payment and cynically undermining everything the LLW stands for. We will continue to pursue every channel necessary to push UCL into treating its staff with the bare minimum of respect and dignity.
We, the undersigned, call on the UCL Provost to:
· Follow in the footsteps of LLW employers like Birkbeck and implement the LLW with immediate effect. Staff should not have to wait for their contracts to expire; they have waited long enough.
· Commit to deliver to UCL subcontracted staff the full LLW package: this includes rudimentary terms and conditions such as sick pay, pension rights and over-time pay.
· Protect the hours of existing staff currently working at UCL.
· Bring back staff and services in-house.
· Keep the LLW student campaign involved in decision making and for the transitional process to be transparent throughout.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 27, 2012
September 26, 2012
We are getting so incredibly near that 250 mark and I really need everyone to send this link to a neighbor or a coworker right this second because momentum is everything when management is acting this stubborn. It is honestly infuriating how they talk about egalitarian principles while ignoring the actual survival of the people cleaning these halls so please keep pushing because I know we have the strength to force their hand if we just get a few more people on board today.
August 29, 2012
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam so quickly but here we are and the energy is just unreal. It makes me think about all those people working on campus right now who deserve so much better than what they are getting and I am just so fired up to keep pushing management until they finally listen to us.
July 31, 2012
I have been hearing so many stories from the staff who are actually feeling the brunt of these budget cuts and it honestly breaks my heart that the university continues to ignore the very people keeping this place running. I am currently trying to get a sit down with administration to demand some actual answers about these delays because waiting around is clearly not working anymore.
Reached 100 supporters
November 23, 2011
6 Comments
Ridiculous that a uni has the money for fancy buildings but cant pay the people actually keeping the place clean a decent wage. Sort it out UCL.
UCL needs to practice what it teaches. Very shameful behavior from management.
We need to support the cleaners and catering staff. They do so much for students and deserve to be paid enough to eat and pay rent without stress.
Pay them properly!! No one can live on these wages in London anymore.
Total disgrace. These staff work so hard and deserve way better than being treated like they are invisible.
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We demand UCL pay the London Living Wage: NOW
Despite committing to the London Living Wage in September 2010, UCL still pays its contract cleaning and catering staff poverty wages. Fourteen months on we demand the living wage be instated:NOW! In this same time period workers have seen their hours cut, and workloads increased .As part of its illusive transition, UCL management has overseen an attack on conditions - a flagrant disregard for the LLW's central concern: workers' welfare. The LLW package is determined by the Greater London Authority as a bare minimum to survive in London. It's set at a level meant to ensure earners and their dependants can have:* adequate warmth and shelter
* a healthy, palatable diet
* social integration
* enough time away from work to avoid chronic stress
As of September 2011 that means £8.30/hour (increased 45p since last year to reflect the rising cost of living in London), plus fair sick pay, fair annual leave and the utmost respect for the right to join a trade union. It's a disgrace that at a university founded on egalitarian principles so many people still have to survive on poverty wages. We are appalled that UCL not only appears to not be implementing the LLW, but that it is in fact intentionally delaying the payment and cynically undermining everything the LLW stands for. We will continue to pursue every channel necessary to push UCL into treating its staff with the bare minimum of respect and dignity.
We, the undersigned, call on the UCL Provost to:
· Follow in the footsteps of LLW employers like Birkbeck and implement the LLW with immediate effect. Staff should not have to wait for their contracts to expire; they have waited long enough.
· Commit to deliver to UCL subcontracted staff the full LLW package: this includes rudimentary terms and conditions such as sick pay, pension rights and over-time pay.
· Protect the hours of existing staff currently working at UCL.
· Bring back staff and services in-house.
· Keep the LLW student campaign involved in decision making and for the transitional process to be transparent throughout.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
September 27, 2012
September 26, 2012
We are getting so incredibly near that 250 mark and I really need everyone to send this link to a neighbor or a coworker right this second because momentum is everything when management is acting this stubborn. It is honestly infuriating how they talk about egalitarian principles while ignoring the actual survival of the people cleaning these halls so please keep pushing because I know we have the strength to force their hand if we just get a few more people on board today.
August 29, 2012
I honestly did not think this would gain this much steam so quickly but here we are and the energy is just unreal. It makes me think about all those people working on campus right now who deserve so much better than what they are getting and I am just so fired up to keep pushing management until they finally listen to us.
July 31, 2012
I have been hearing so many stories from the staff who are actually feeling the brunt of these budget cuts and it honestly breaks my heart that the university continues to ignore the very people keeping this place running. I am currently trying to get a sit down with administration to demand some actual answers about these delays because waiting around is clearly not working anymore.
Reached 100 supporters
November 23, 2011
6 Comments
Living wage now. Its the bare minimum for the city we live in.
Ridiculous that a uni has the money for fancy buildings but cant pay the people actually keeping the place clean a decent wage. Sort it out UCL.
UCL needs to practice what it teaches. Very shameful behavior from management.
We need to support the cleaners and catering staff. They do so much for students and deserve to be paid enough to eat and pay rent without stress.
Pay them properly!! No one can live on these wages in London anymore.
Total disgrace. These staff work so hard and deserve way better than being treated like they are invisible.
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Living wage now. Its the bare minimum for the city we live in.