New research from the TUC reveals that disabled workers are more likely to be paid lower than non-disabled workers with 7 in 10 disabled workers on less than £15 an hour.
Tag: minimum wage
Workers can’t wait for action, we need these ten demands met now – Labour Assembly Against Austerity
The left needs to build an alternative policy program to the Tories never-ending austerity - Labour Assembly Against Austerity call on activists to back the the ten workers can't wait demands.
Under 21s face £2.5 billion minimum wage “pay penalty” for being young workers – TUC
“Too many young workers are being left hugely out of pocket because of outdated youth rates of the national minimum wage."
Cost of Christmas dinner has risen three times faster than wages this year – TUC
“Christmas should be a time for celebration... but soaring food and energy prices mean many families will struggle to afford the festivities" - Frances O'Grady, TUC General Secretary.
Labour frontbench risk being outflanked on the Tories on National Minimum Wage – Shona Jemphrey
Shona Jemphrey writes about the urgency of Labour's frontbench revising its policy on the minimum wage.