SHEFFIELD TRADE UNION COUNCIL est.1858
The progressive voice of Sheffield’s trade union movement
tucsheffield@gmail.com tel: 0747 616 4537 www.sheffieldtuc.co.uk
SHEFFIELD NEEDS A PAY RISE!
March and Rally in Sheffield City Centre
Saturday 17th December 2016
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Assemble 1pm Devonshire Green
Speeches then short march to Barkers Pool
2pm Rally and Speakers from City Hall steps
confirmed speakers include
Ian Hodson
National President, Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU)
Louise Haigh MP
Sheffield Heeley
Karen Reay
UNITE Regional Secretary
Joanne Thomas
USDAW Regional Secretary
Natalie Bennett
Green Party
GMB speaker
plus
Workers and Union Activists from ASOS, Sports Direct and other low paid workplaces
plus other invited speakers to be confirmed
Barkers Pool Rally host; Martin Mayer, Secretary Sheffield TUC
Estimated finishing time at Barkers Pool is 3pm
“Christmas is coming – the boss is getting fat
Workers need a pay rise – £10 flat!”
It’s the last Saturday before Christmas so spare a thought for underpaid shop workers in Sheffield City Centre. Sheffield TUC’s new “Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise” Campaign is holding this first city centre demonstration and rally in support of Sheffield’s low paid workers, with a focus on shop workers at Christmas:
- Not a single city centre store pays its workers the Living Wage £8.25p per hour (set by Living Wage Foundation)
- The Tories’ so-called National Living Wage (£7.20p per hour) is the new Minimum Wage – but only to those over 25 years old. Those aged 18 to 20 only get £5.55p per hour!
- The TUC says all workers need a minimum of £10 per hour to survive
- Bosses can afford it – they just don’t want to pay it!
- Workers need a trade union. Sheffield TUC is here to help…Please spare an hour or two to join us on this march and rally…to show you care about low paid workers who desperately Calling union branches! Tell your members to come on the march and show your support. Bring your banners!We welcome especially all underpaid workers who need our campaign to help them get a pay rise.“Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise” Campaign is aimed at all workers, not just those on the minimum wage. Most workers have seen their pay packets fall in real terms since the Crash – and working families are worse off across the city. Sheffield TUC is supporting workers forming a trade union and taking action to fight for a pay rise. For many workers it’s not just low pay:
- We welcome support from Labour Party branches and all other organisations who support Sheffield TUC’s “Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise” campaign
- need a pay rise!
- Zero hours contracts mean you never know how many hours work you’ll get a week
- Bogus self-employment means you take on all the risks – and get no holiday pay or sick pay
- Bullying bosses who make unreasonable demands – and threaten you with the sack if you don’t complyAll this can change if you join a trade union. When workers join together to make demands, anything is possible. “Sheffield Needs a Pay Rise” Campaign says a minimum of £10 per hour to survive
- NO MORE ZERO HOURS CONTRACTS AND BOGUS SELF EMPLOYMENT!
- JOIN A TRADE UNION – FIGHT FOR FAIR WAGES AND CONDITIONS!
- TRADE UNION RECOGNTION NOW!
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all workers should be on £10 per hour!
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