Protest Against Low Pay

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Protest Against Low Pay

Friday 17 September

FRIDAY 17 September will be a day of action against low pay. Every week
International Socialist Resistance (ISR) and Socialist Party members are
meeting workers of all ages – but particularly young workers – who are fed
up with low pay and the way they are treated in the workplace.

Clare James

In London last Saturday, for example, we met a 16-year-old who was
being paid £15 for a 10 hour day in a shop in Camden. Across England and
Wales we have met low paid chefs, retail workers who have never had a pay
rise in years, agency workers not even getting the minimum wage,
overworked lorry drivers and more.

Many people are angry to hear about the pitiful £3 an hour 16 and 17
year olds will be entitled to from 1 October.

Now the colleges and schools are starting back, the issue of low pay
doesn’t go away. Many students have to work to help pay for transport and
other living costs.

Many areas will be involved in taking action on 17 September and
beyond. In Wales, we will be handing in petitions to the Welsh Assembly to
show the support we have received campaigning against the lower minimum
pay levels for young people and for a living minimum wage for all. We will
also be lobbying the Welsh TUC to demand a stepping up of the campaign
from the trade unions for a decent minimum wage.

In other areas, such as Sheffield, we will be protesting outside low
paying shops. In some colleges, ISR members are going to ask the college
trade unions to help organise discussions with students about joining
trade unions and our rights at work.

More details of local actions will be available next week. If you would
like to take part in these or help organise your own contact ISR.


020 8558 7947

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www.anticapitalism.org.uk

PO BOX 858, London, E11 1YG