What is the UCL Living Wage Campaign?
The campaign is run by a group of UCL students and staff, and supported by the Students’ Union and the 3 staff trade unions. We aim to secure the full Living Wage package for all out-sourced staff at UCL, including cleaners, security and catering staff. This includes the wage rate of £8.55/hour as well as fair sick pay, maternity and compassionate leave and a pension.
Qué es el UCL Living Wage Campaign?
La campaña es organizada por un colectivo de estudiantes y empleados de UCL, y apoyada por el centro estudantil y los tres sindicatos que representan los empleados. Nuestro objetivo es lograr un Living Wage (Salario Vital) completo para todos los empleados externalizados de UCL, incluso los limpiadores y los empleados de seguridad y restauración. Un tal paquete incluirá no sólo un salario de £8.55/hora pero también un subsidio justo para la enfermedad, la licencia por maternidad y por motivos familiares, y un plan de pensiones.
Despite committing to the London Living Wage in September 2010, UCL kept its contract cleaning and catering staff on poverty wages until August 2013. We demand the London Living Wage (LLW) package now. The LLW package is determined by the Greater London Authority. 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; and enough time away from work to avoid chronic stress. As of November 2012 that means £8.55/hour plus fair sick pay, fair annual leave and the utmost respect for the right to join a trade union:
- 20 days paid holiday a year plus bank holidays
- 10 days paid sick pay per year
- A decent pension
- Union representation
- Access to overtime
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Compassionate leave
It's a disgrace that at a university founded on egalitarian principles so many people still have to survive on poverty wages. Catering, cleaning and security jobs should be brought in-house. Take our public money out of the greedy hands of contract company shareholders and put it in the hands of those who really earn it, the people who keep UCL functioning. The campaign welcomes a broad coalition of supporters: students, academic and non-academic staff, their unions, community and faith groups, local politicians, journalists, and others.
