A Living Wage means workers earn enough to provide their family with the essentials of life.

Bangor University

Living Wage Campaign

Joe Lock - Campaign Officer Bangor University Labour Group W - bangorlabour.org.uk E - info@bangorlabour.org.uk T - 07877652889

Contents
It's both the right thing to do and the financially savvy thing to do in the long term. This is a no-brainer. Charlyn Green Student

2 - What is a Living Wage? 3 - The Living Wage Campaign @ Bangor 4 - How it would work at Bangor University 5 - The benefits for Bangor University

6 - The Living Wage Foundation 7 - Our petition....

What is a Living Wage?

...a number.
The Living Wage is the minimum hourly rate someone has to earn to afford everyday basics like housing, food, childcare, etc. It is independently calculated and adjusted annually by the Centre for Social Policy at Loughbourgh University

The current rate is 7.20 per hour

Its enough to make sure employees and their families can live free from poverty.

In London the rate is set higher at 8.30

As part of its commitment to the local community / 3rd mission, BU should pay decent living wages. Dr. Angela Gliddon Staff

The Living Wage @ Bangor Campaign

Bangor University Labour Group launched their Living Wage campaign late in 2011, together with Labour Student groups from across the UK, and has attracted a broad range of support from students and staff members across the political spectrum. Using FOI requests we have carefully researched the proposal, and we believe that it is both achievable and attractive. The campaign has a Facebook page with an average weekly reach of over 200. We have featured in local press, and became a hot topic during the recent SU elections. Our petition has attracted over 200 signatures and counting.

The Living Wage Campaign at Bangor has attracted support from unions, staff, students and the local community, the support has been fantastic Joe Lock Campaigns officer for the Labour Group & Student

How it would work at Bangor University

Living wage is essential. With inflation on the rise, people working for anything less are going to be in serious financial trouble. Jennifer Krase Post-grad Student

The University would need to increase the wages of any staff member paid less than 7.20 per hour. Our research suggests this would cost very little. This would not effect staff members attached to the national pay agreement, as this is already above the Living Wage.

The University would need to make it a condition that sub-contracted workers, working for two or more hours per week, for eight or more consecutive weeks in the year, are paid a living wage. This could be built into the criteria when tendering contracts. Queen Mary University of London is the first accredited London Living Wage University and supports the Living Wage Foundation as a Principle Partner. Proving that it can work in a university setting.

The benefits for Bangor University

The Living Wage Foundation is currently in the process of accrediting more than 150 employers that pay the Living Wage already, including a number of universities. Bangor has the This is absolutely essential to make opportunity to become the first sure that Bangor University puts itself accredited national Living Wage on a fair footing as regards treatment University. The Living Wage campaign has been running for ten years. Nationally, it has lifted over 10,000 people out of poverty and redistributed over 90million to some of the lowest paid workers in the UK. An independent study of the business benefits of implementing a Living Wage policy in London found that: Over of employers believe that the Living Wage 80% had enhanced the quality of the work of their staff. Employers reported a fall in absenteeism by approximately 66% of employers reported a significant impact on recruitment and retention within their organisation. of employers felt that the Living Wage had increased consumer awareness of their organisations commitment to be an ethical employer. 25%

of staff. If we want to strive to be the best at Bangor, then things like the Living Wage campaign should be central to the University, and in many ways it's sad that people need to push them for it. Joe McNally - Student

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from 4% to By committing to a Living Wage, the university is sending a clear message 1% that it has the good of the whole community in mind, and the increased purchasing power will help local businesses. The university would stand as a good example to the other big employers in the area and to other universities in Wales, allowing the campaign to spread. PriceWaterhouseCooper found that turnover of contractors has dropped

The Living Wage Foundation

To learn more about the Living Wage or apply for accreditation please contact: Sarah Vero Accreditation and Communications Officer Living Wage Foundation Citizens UK, Head Office, 112 Cavell Street, London E1 2JA Tel 020 7043 9882, Email sarah.vero@livingwage.org.uk

Our petition...
We, the undersigned, call upon the Vice-Chancellor to meet with representatives of the Living Wage @ Bangor University Campaign to discuss how the Living Wage will be implemented for all directly employed and contracted-out staff who work in our University. We believe that no one who works on our campus should be poor.
Joe Lock Joshua Clarke Jamie Pritchard Colum Taylor Aiden O'Dell Jeremy Harvey Georgia Mannion Shn Prebble Grant Bishop Jennifer Krase Yousef Cisco El-Alem Leah Edge Graham Cruickshank Mitchell Bradley-Williams Laura Gritt Sophie Shanahan Mai Yasuhara Daisy Murkin Hilda Theunissen Charlyn Green Verity Painter Nicola Cooke Charlotte Mackie

It is vital that everyone must have a living wage. The minimum wage does not account for many things and is just not enough. Aiden ODell Student

Holly Hallam Catherine Sharp Eliza Wood Lyndorff Rachel McShane Andrew Herbert morwenna jeffery Michael Carey Shawn Pace Michael Mew victoria Greenhalgh Laura Reeves Olamide Adedipe Sunny Harrison Susan McCandless Joshua Sewell Lisa Irwin Mark Wilson catherine downes Robert Hinton lucinda willington Becki Perks Ashley Randell Esther Tyrwhitt Sarah-Jane Maunder Rhian Waller Danielle Fifield Dietrich Heick lucinda rankin Ben Price Charlotte Moncrieff H Clark Fiona Lowrie Michaela Hobson Nicole Pridmore Gemma Tatton Rosie Milnes steven Lemin Isa Ashworth Sarah Stokes Lydia Richardson Mark Ashton Ciaran Smith Colin Bentley Becky J

Annie Wills Peter Davies Martyn Kurr hans seesarun Amy Bruck Angela Gliddon Leila Gwynne Joe McNally Ciara McBride William Osborn Gareth Williams kate barclay Robert Healey Susie Turnbull

The above names were collected from the online petition, please find attached copies of the paper petition also...