“We should name and shame those councils and contractors that insist on paying poverty wages,” said Hazel Marshall of South Lanarkshire, as she told UNISON’s local government conference this afternoon how her council had adopted the Living Wage after campaigning.
Anything else was “a publically-funded, poverty pay scandal”.
The business case for the Living Wage was stressed in the debate – with Ms Marshall noting that even London mayor Boris Johnson was convinced of it.
Sally Townsend of South Tyneside said that “the Living Wage is now a mainstay of the national debate”, and “a rare example” of a campaign that has brought “tangible benefits” to many people.
