More information at the TUC and The People's Assembly
- Poverty Pay - 1 in 5 people in Britain now earn less than the living wage, and for the first time ever we have more people in work below the poverty line than the number of people unemployed!
- The Cost of Living Crisis - We are told that we have recovered from the cost of living crisis, but ordinary people are still £40 a week worse off on average than they were 5 years ago. Furthermore, if bankers hadn't crashed the economy and wages growth had stayed on track, workers would have £100 a week more in their pay packets!
- Rising Inequality - In 1998, Chief Executives received 45 times the average pay. Now they receive 185 times the average pay. Put in other terms, they make more in a day and a half than what most people earn in 12 months!