ss Great Britain introduces living wage for all staff
Bristol ship ss Great Britain has become one of the best known employers in the city to announce that it is to introduce a living wage for all its staff.
The move comes just a few weeks after South Gloucestershire Council included the living wage in its budget despite making £26 million worth of cuts. The Bristol Living Wage is currently estimated at £7.45 and the current minimum wage is £6.19 for people over the aged 21.
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Matthew Tanner, the chief executive of the tourist attraction, said the ss Great Britain Trust committed itself to the aim of paying all staff at least at the level of the current Living Wage for Bristol by the end of 2013.
He said: "The ss Great Britain Trust values the dedication and commitment of every member of staff.
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"Essentially without their dedication the trust could not continue the conservation of Brunel's masterpiece the ss Great Britain and keep this inspiring visitor attraction open for all to enjoy. Our aim is to be the best at what we do, and to do this the trust wishes to recruit and retain the best people that Bristol has to offer. The trust believes in its staff, and that is made clear by this significant step."
The Living Wage campaign was launched in 2001 by a group of parents in East London who were frustrated by working two minimum wage jobs.
4 Comments
by roly12345
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:31PM
“@ gazzabristol
Maybe option 1. doesn't require the end consumer to pay more, but the company to absorb this cost and stuff fewer profits down the back of their settee in Belgium, Luxembourg, Cayman, Channel Islands.........
The upshot of which, would be more money in the hands of citizens to then spend on ipods, designer coffee, connoisseur wine....hold on, I think the sudden hole in my shoe and the smoking gun should be telling me something....”
by C_Freak
Thursday, February 28 2013, 5:16PM
“Well thees knows what thee has ta do now Gazza. Go and employ a few hundred of em at £25,000 a year. . . Easy peasy!”
by Spiggett
Thursday, February 28 2013, 1:55PM
“You won't do much "living" on £15,000 a year...”
by Gazzabristol
Thursday, February 28 2013, 1:39PM
“Two ways of addressing the issue of living wages.
1, increase the wage paid.
2, reduce living costs so that you can live more comfortably on minimum wage.
Option 1 makes us uncompetitive in global markets.
Option 2 would mean addressing the biggest outgoings that people face - rent or mortgage costs. In other words massively increase supply of property.
That means breaking the housing cartel run by home owners who rig prices by deliberately opposing new developments to boost their overpriced assets. Not much chance of fixing that I guess.
Instead you pay more in tax to cover all the in-work benefits that are now required to supplement the incomes of the low paid.”