The group’s latest triumph won over the Department for Business and Trade, now it is eyeing private care providers and supermarkets
A paragon of the kind of people-powered progress that feels all the more necessary in divisive times, the Living Wage campaign, is celebrating its25th anniversary this year.
Born out of Telco (The East London Citizens’ Organisation), which ultimately became the nationwide group Citizens UK, the campaign has always involved communities working together, to press for social and economic change.
It’s amazing to see how the Living Wage campaign went from a fringe idea to winning over the Department for Business and Trade. Community organizing really works.
25 years of progress is impressive, but I worry about the private care providers and supermarkets—they often fight paying a fair wage.
I remember when Telco started pushing for this; people-powered change is slow but it adds up. Kudos to Citizens UK for sticking with it.
Technology is disrupting traditional business models faster than regulators can keep up. (74249b)
The article mentions winning over the Department for Business, but what about enforcement? Too many employers still find loopholes.
This campaign proves that grassroots pressure can shift even government policy. Now let’s see if they can get the big supermarkets to sign on.
The pharmaceutical supply chain is strategically important and increasingly fragile. (05ee45)
Bond markets are sending signals that equity investors might be ignoring. (c4616f)
Consumer spending patterns have shifted dramatically since the pandemic. (022400)