{"id":31802,"date":"2016-11-01T15:24:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=31802"},"modified":"2016-11-01T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T15:24:29","slug":"living-wage-comes-to-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/11\/01\/living-wage-comes-to-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Wage comes to Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Cardiff city council committee\u00a0celebrated last week their success at introducing the\u00a0\u00a0Real Living Wage in 2015. A motion was then passed to encourage Cardiff to become a living wage city, and follow the council&#8217;s footsteps of investing in the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>The capital&#8217;s council was the first in Wales to steer away from the National Minimum Wage, which remains at \u00a37.20 for over 25s. The council heard this week how their transition\u00a0to the Real living Wage, higher at \u00a38.20, had increased\u00a0workplace efficiency, enhanced quality of work life, and helped see a 25% decrease in absenteeism.<\/p>\n<p>Riverside Councillor\u00a0Darren Williams said that nationally, Wales in particular was a problem as\u00a0its low pay \u00a0hourly earnings are the second lowest in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, 25.6% of employed adults in Wales were paid less than the Living Wage,&#8221; he said, adding that the national Government&#8217;s 2015 attempt to impose the Living Wage was not statistically successful.<\/p>\n<p>Darren proposed, and won, last week&#8217;s motion that the Council promote Cardiff as a Living Wage City. Strategies would support organisations to become part of the Living Wage Foundation Scheme &#8211; a wage based on\u00a0specific statistics from\u00a0Citizens UK, which considers the socially defined levels of the goods and services particular employees deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Living Wage week (30 October-4 November)\u00a0will see Cardiff Castle&#8217;s walls emblazoned with the Living Wage Banner, and their flag flying proudly atop Pen-Y-Fan mountain, Brecon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_councillors_big_BH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-31874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_councillors_big_BH-480x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_councillors_big_BH-480x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Cardiff City Councillors bearing the Living Wage Week banners after the motion to support Cardiff as a Living Wage city was passed last Thursday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Councillor Heather Joyce seconded the motion, and said that one of her proudest moments was taking\u00a0the positive steps towards the Living Wage\u00a0for the Council\u2019s\u00a0lowest paid workers such as cleaners and maintenance staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They now,&#8221; she said, &#8220;are\u00a0\u00a3170 a month better off working 37 hours with the Living Wage. She added,\u00a0&#8220;Yes,\u00a0they may get the pence &#8211;\u00a0but we give the pounds along with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31844\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31844\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH.jpg\" alt=\"The Councillors now wish to improve the Living Wage for workers aged 25 and under as the new motion does not cover their income\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31844\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH.jpg\" alt=\"The Councillors now wish to improve the Living Wage for workers aged 25 and under as the new motion does not cover their income\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/10\/nologo_5_poundcoins_big_BH-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Councillors now wish to improve the Living Wage for workers aged 25 and under as the new motion does not cover their income<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Living Wage allows independence, the ability to pay off debts, but as Councillor Stubbs, Splott, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s about more than money. Increased wages is about dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Council encourage the city&#8217;s businesses and charities to pay employers the Living Wage <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[269,5531,1936,2993,5532,5533,119,3687,5534],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-31802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-logo","tag-cardiff-council","tag-darren-williams","tag-economy","tag-labour","tag-living-wage","tag-living-wage-week","tag-poverty","tag-recession","tag-workforce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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