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The Preston Living Wage action team and Lancashire Citizens are calling on more employers to step up and do the right thing by recognising and rewarding workers with the fair pay they deserve.
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#LivingWageWeek
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#LivingWageWeek
Preston becomes the first real Living Wage City in Lancashire - Citizens UK
On Tuesday 5 November 2024, Preston City Council held a celebration event as they became the first Real Living Wage city in Lancashire.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The Preston Living Wage action team and Lancashire Citizens are calling on more employers to step up and do the right thing by recognising and rewarding workers with the fair pay they deserve.
Find out more ⬇️
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/lan...
#LivingWageWeek
Find out more ⬇️
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/lan...
#LivingWageWeek
This is what community organising looks like. Read the full story and find out more about the Living Wage movement ⬇️
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#LivingWageWeek
We did it! All 9 NHS Trusts in West London are now accredited Living Wage employers - Citizens UK
Community leaders from across West London celebrate as all NHS Trusts agree to become accredited - resulting in a pay rise for 1,670 workers.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This is what community organising looks like. Read the full story and find out more about the Living Wage movement ⬇️
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/wes...
#LivingWageWeek
www.citizensuk.org/chapters/wes...
#LivingWageWeek
💬 Revd Jared Jaggers, American International Church, said:
“Our congregation includes nurses and hospital workers. We see how the real Living Wage helps individuals, families, and communities flourish. This commitment can transform NW London.”
#LivingWageWeek
“Our congregation includes nurses and hospital workers. We see how the real Living Wage helps individuals, families, and communities flourish. This commitment can transform NW London.”
#LivingWageWeek
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
💬 Revd Jared Jaggers, American International Church, said:
“Our congregation includes nurses and hospital workers. We see how the real Living Wage helps individuals, families, and communities flourish. This commitment can transform NW London.”
#LivingWageWeek
“Our congregation includes nurses and hospital workers. We see how the real Living Wage helps individuals, families, and communities flourish. This commitment can transform NW London.”
#LivingWageWeek
This win was powered by community leaders and workers across West London. 20+ civil society institutions, including churches, colleges, mosques, synagogues, demanded fair pay for NHS workers.
No family should have to choose to choose between heating their homes or eating a meal.
No family should have to choose to choose between heating their homes or eating a meal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This win was powered by community leaders and workers across West London. 20+ civil society institutions, including churches, colleges, mosques, synagogues, demanded fair pay for NHS workers.
No family should have to choose to choose between heating their homes or eating a meal.
No family should have to choose to choose between heating their homes or eating a meal.
The real #LivingWage is the only rate based on the true cost of living, and rises each year to reflect this. It currently stands at £13.45 across the UK and £14.80 in London.
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The real #LivingWage is the only rate based on the true cost of living, and rises each year to reflect this. It currently stands at £13.45 across the UK and £14.80 in London.
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
Low pay has a devastating impact on workers, including:
🛏️ No rest between shifts
🍽️ Skipped meals
💔 Strained relationships
🧠 Poor mental health
That's why it's more important than ever to deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
#LivingWageWeek
🛏️ No rest between shifts
🍽️ Skipped meals
💔 Strained relationships
🧠 Poor mental health
That's why it's more important than ever to deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
#LivingWageWeek
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Low pay has a devastating impact on workers, including:
🛏️ No rest between shifts
🍽️ Skipped meals
💔 Strained relationships
🧠 Poor mental health
That's why it's more important than ever to deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
#LivingWageWeek
🛏️ No rest between shifts
🍽️ Skipped meals
💔 Strained relationships
🧠 Poor mental health
That's why it's more important than ever to deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
#LivingWageWeek
Govts in Scotland & Wales have committed to the real #LivingWage for care workers, with Northern Ireland being the latest to join them, although this is yet to be implemented. England must follow.
Read the full story: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
#LivingWageWeek
Read the full story: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
#LivingWageWeek
Over 1000 health and social care employers say YES to the real Living Wage - Citizens UK
Bringing communities together to win change
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November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Govts in Scotland & Wales have committed to the real #LivingWage for care workers, with Northern Ireland being the latest to join them, although this is yet to be implemented. England must follow.
Read the full story: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
#LivingWageWeek
Read the full story: citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
#LivingWageWeek
💬 Brian Whittaker, of Brunelcare, says: “Being a Real Living Wage employer is not a cost; it is an investment. Improvements in stability, productivity, & less use of agency staff have led to a significant improvement in our financial results across all areas.”
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#LivingWageWeek
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💬 Brian Whittaker, of Brunelcare, says: “Being a Real Living Wage employer is not a cost; it is an investment. Improvements in stability, productivity, & less use of agency staff have led to a significant improvement in our financial results across all areas.”
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
💬 Nkem, care worker and Citizens UK leader, describes what being paid the real #LivingWage would mean: “A real living wage means I could spend more time with my children and feel less guilty.”
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#LivingWageWeek
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
💬 Nkem, care worker and Citizens UK leader, describes what being paid the real #LivingWage would mean: “A real living wage means I could spend more time with my children and feel less guilty.”
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
Care work is skilled, vital work. No one should be paid the bare minimum to care for others in their hour of need.
💰 The real #LivingWage, £13.45 UK, £14.80 London is based on the true cost of living. Paying it would lift thousands out of in-work poverty.
#LivingWageWeek
💰 The real #LivingWage, £13.45 UK, £14.80 London is based on the true cost of living. Paying it would lift thousands out of in-work poverty.
#LivingWageWeek
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Care work is skilled, vital work. No one should be paid the bare minimum to care for others in their hour of need.
💰 The real #LivingWage, £13.45 UK, £14.80 London is based on the true cost of living. Paying it would lift thousands out of in-work poverty.
#LivingWageWeek
💰 The real #LivingWage, £13.45 UK, £14.80 London is based on the true cost of living. Paying it would lift thousands out of in-work poverty.
#LivingWageWeek
When the #LivingWage movement started the Gvmt min wage was just £3.70. At East London Citizens' 2004 Assembly, London Mayor Ken Livingstone supported the creation of a new Unit to publish an annual living wage for the capital - a major turning point in the campaign!💥
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When the #LivingWage movement started the Gvmt min wage was just £3.70. At East London Citizens' 2004 Assembly, London Mayor Ken Livingstone supported the creation of a new Unit to publish an annual living wage for the capital - a major turning point in the campaign!💥
#LivingWageWeek
#LivingWageWeek
Leaders took more actions, including strikes, asking for higher pay & better ethical standards for contracted workers.
🎉By 2006, parity with NHS terms for contracted cleaners was secured at Homerton & Whipps Cross hospitals – a huge #win for workers.🎉
#LivingWageWeek
🎉By 2006, parity with NHS terms for contracted cleaners was secured at Homerton & Whipps Cross hospitals – a huge #win for workers.🎉
#LivingWageWeek
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Leaders took more actions, including strikes, asking for higher pay & better ethical standards for contracted workers.
🎉By 2006, parity with NHS terms for contracted cleaners was secured at Homerton & Whipps Cross hospitals – a huge #win for workers.🎉
#LivingWageWeek
🎉By 2006, parity with NHS terms for contracted cleaners was secured at Homerton & Whipps Cross hospitals – a huge #win for workers.🎉
#LivingWageWeek
Support grew across the capital. Braving rain, 600+
East London Citizens leaders marched along the Mile End Road led by local Black Pentecostal churches.
With schools, trade unions, mosques and other faith groups, they called on the NHS and Mayor of London to back the real #LivingWage.
East London Citizens leaders marched along the Mile End Road led by local Black Pentecostal churches.
With schools, trade unions, mosques and other faith groups, they called on the NHS and Mayor of London to back the real #LivingWage.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Support grew across the capital. Braving rain, 600+
East London Citizens leaders marched along the Mile End Road led by local Black Pentecostal churches.
With schools, trade unions, mosques and other faith groups, they called on the NHS and Mayor of London to back the real #LivingWage.
East London Citizens leaders marched along the Mile End Road led by local Black Pentecostal churches.
With schools, trade unions, mosques and other faith groups, they called on the NHS and Mayor of London to back the real #LivingWage.
East London Citizens leaders also called for the #LivingWage for staff, inc. outsourced workers, at local hospitals.
In 2002, workers gave a 600-signature petition to the NHS Trust board at Homerton Hospital & submitted a claim for better conditions at five hospitals w/
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
In 2002, workers gave a 600-signature petition to the NHS Trust board at Homerton Hospital & submitted a claim for better conditions at five hospitals w/
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
East London Citizens leaders also called for the #LivingWage for staff, inc. outsourced workers, at local hospitals.
In 2002, workers gave a 600-signature petition to the NHS Trust board at Homerton Hospital & submitted a claim for better conditions at five hospitals w/
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
In 2002, workers gave a 600-signature petition to the NHS Trust board at Homerton Hospital & submitted a claim for better conditions at five hospitals w/
@unitetheunion.bsky.social
The Chairman met with East London Citizens
& within 18 months, HSBC & Barclays increased staff pay! 💥
Today, many banks are part of the 16,000 employers accredited w/ @livingwageuk.bsky.social, founded in 2011.
Become a #LivingWageEmployer 👇
www.livingwage.org.uk/accredit
& within 18 months, HSBC & Barclays increased staff pay! 💥
Today, many banks are part of the 16,000 employers accredited w/ @livingwageuk.bsky.social, founded in 2011.
Become a #LivingWageEmployer 👇
www.livingwage.org.uk/accredit
Accredit
www.livingwage.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Chairman met with East London Citizens
& within 18 months, HSBC & Barclays increased staff pay! 💥
Today, many banks are part of the 16,000 employers accredited w/ @livingwageuk.bsky.social, founded in 2011.
Become a #LivingWageEmployer 👇
www.livingwage.org.uk/accredit
& within 18 months, HSBC & Barclays increased staff pay! 💥
Today, many banks are part of the 16,000 employers accredited w/ @livingwageuk.bsky.social, founded in 2011.
Become a #LivingWageEmployer 👇
www.livingwage.org.uk/accredit
Abdul was one of those cleaners. He bought shares to join HSBC's AGM & said to the Chairman: ‘Sir John, we work in the same office but live in different worlds. Let me tell you what it’s like to work on £4.50 an hour & bring up six children.’
His story⬇️
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His story⬇️
citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Abdul was one of those cleaners. He bought shares to join HSBC's AGM & said to the Chairman: ‘Sir John, we work in the same office but live in different worlds. Let me tell you what it’s like to work on £4.50 an hour & bring up six children.’
His story⬇️
citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
His story⬇️
citizensuk.org/about-us/new...
In Dec, East London Citizens targeted a local employer – HSBC. They weren't paying cleaners fairly.
Sister Una McCreesh took collection plates w/ change from 1500 parishioners to be counted, whilst 100s of local leaders queued to open new accounts - it brought the bank to a standstill.
Sister Una McCreesh took collection plates w/ change from 1500 parishioners to be counted, whilst 100s of local leaders queued to open new accounts - it brought the bank to a standstill.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In Dec, East London Citizens targeted a local employer – HSBC. They weren't paying cleaners fairly.
Sister Una McCreesh took collection plates w/ change from 1500 parishioners to be counted, whilst 100s of local leaders queued to open new accounts - it brought the bank to a standstill.
Sister Una McCreesh took collection plates w/ change from 1500 parishioners to be counted, whilst 100s of local leaders queued to open new accounts - it brought the bank to a standstill.
Campaigners commissioned research on low pay with @unitetheunion.bsky.social & held a conference at @qmul.bsky.social.
In 2001, the #LivingWage movement was born at a powerful & historic East London Citizens assembly with 1,000 people, MPs & business leaders at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
In 2001, the #LivingWage movement was born at a powerful & historic East London Citizens assembly with 1,000 people, MPs & business leaders at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Campaigners commissioned research on low pay with @unitetheunion.bsky.social & held a conference at @qmul.bsky.social.
In 2001, the #LivingWage movement was born at a powerful & historic East London Citizens assembly with 1,000 people, MPs & business leaders at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
In 2001, the #LivingWage movement was born at a powerful & historic East London Citizens assembly with 1,000 people, MPs & business leaders at York Hall, Bethnal Green.
Thank you @compcommunities.bsky.social for sharing this video! It’s great to hear from churches from across the Diocese of London on what the real #LivingWage means to them and see them lead the change for good work for communities across London! 👏
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thank you @compcommunities.bsky.social for sharing this video! It’s great to hear from churches from across the Diocese of London on what the real #LivingWage means to them and see them lead the change for good work for communities across London! 👏