GMB Magazine GMB25 Centre Point Summer 2016 | Page 28
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Protestors raising awareness of
McDonald’s low rates of pay.
embers recently took a
stand against corporate greed
and low wages with a protest
outside the McDonald’s in
Stephenson Place, Birmingham.
GMB is committed to ending the farce that is
the current minimum wage for workers under
25 – just £6.70/hour. Did you know that despite
all the recent hype around the introduction of
the National Living Wage by the Tories the
increase in the minimum wage for young
workers on 1 April was zero? This means that
they are expected to do the same amount of
work as employees who are over 25, but for
less money. How is this fair?
Nowhere is this highlighted more strongly
than with a corporation like McDonald’s, which
exploits young workers by subjecting them to
the kind of criminally low wages permitted
under Cameron’s 2016 National Minimum
Wage. GMB states that a real living wage is
£10 per hour: the amount you need to live
on without having to rely on state support.
In some McDonald’s restaurants, despite
working unsociable hours and shouldering
responsibilities, young staff may get paid less
than £5 per hour.
This is clearly
unacceptable, particularly
BURGER OFF
when you consider that
GMB members are
protesting across the UK. McDonald’s makes net
profits every year running
into millions of pounds, but
it also avoids paying its fair
share of tax in the UK by
exploiting tax havens like
Luxembourg.
GMB has been protesting
nationally over this kind of
wage inequality. One was
held outside a Royal Bank
of Scotland in Edinburgh,
while GMB Southern and
London Regions teamed
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Fair pay for Young Members.
up to hold a demonstration outside the
Queen’s bank, Coutts, in London, calling on
RBS to pay its security and cleaning staff a real
living wage of £10 per hour.
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GMB Women’s Conference 2016
Wanted – future leaders of the world!
“I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy
to be told she has leadership skills instead,”
said Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of
Facebook, and that’s the inspiring theme for
this year’s GMB Women’s Conference!
The conference takes place on 29 July 2016
at The Studio, Cannon Street, Birmingham, and
starts at 9.30am. The packed programme will
run to 4.30pm, and lunch and refreshments
will be provided!
To reserve your space, email Rebecca
Mitchell: [email protected]
We look forward to seeing all the future
leaders of the world there.
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