| Paying Fair ? 17:52 - Feb 12 with 2886 views | JACKARSE |
Premier League football clubs have just got a ‘windfall’ that means they’ll receive £5.4 billion from TV deals. But whilst their top stars get millions, they’re still refusing to pay their ground staff a living wage!
If enough of us get involved, we can change that. After a big public campaign, Chelsea FC has agreed to pay their lowest paid staff enough to cover basics like rent and food. Big petitions to the bosses of the other clubs could force them to follow suit.
There’s one petition per Premier League club. You can pick any, whether it's the club you support, or the one you live closest to and add your name to the petition:
http://secure.38degrees.org.uk/living-wage-football-petition
How can it be right that in an industry where top stars like Wayne Rooney make £300,000 a week, the people selling the tickets or preparing the pitch may be left struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table?
When an employer agrees to pay a living wage, it makes a huge difference to families struggling to get by. And more and more employers are doing it - thanks to customers and employees working together to push for a fair deal for all staff.
Football is an industry of huge inequality. But it relies on the support of millions of ordinary people. So it's a great opportunity to pile on the pressure and give low wages the red card - click below to add your name now:
http://secure.38degrees.org.uk/living-wage-football-petition
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| Paying Fair ? on 18:26 - Feb 12 with 2849 views | johnlangy |
I've just signed. Only at 101 at the time. Any more going to make the effort ? |  | | |
| Paying Fair ? on 19:03 - Feb 12 with 2817 views | Parlay |
Isn't that the same with any business though?
ASDA for example make more profit than Swansea FC yet they pay their managers 100k+ and the shop workers than run the place £6 p/h.
As a once community club for the fans then id agree, but with ticket prices at a ridiculous rate all in the name of profit then it would be a very mixed message to send out to pay the staff more than they need to.
Football is a mess in terms of greed from top to bottom, we need a complete overhaul and redistribution of wealth rather than single gestures that will probably be funded from elsewhere - even higher ticket prices, food, merchandise etc etc .
Thats just my view. |  |
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| Paying Fair ? on 19:30 - Feb 12 with 2791 views | AJ101 |
| Paying Fair ? on 19:03 - Feb 12 by Parlay |
Isn't that the same with any business though?
ASDA for example make more profit than Swansea FC yet they pay their managers 100k+ and the shop workers than run the place £6 p/h.
As a once community club for the fans then id agree, but with ticket prices at a ridiculous rate all in the name of profit then it would be a very mixed message to send out to pay the staff more than they need to.
Football is a mess in terms of greed from top to bottom, we need a complete overhaul and redistribution of wealth rather than single gestures that will probably be funded from elsewhere - even higher ticket prices, food, merchandise etc etc .
Thats just my view. |
It is the same for any business but plenty of PLC's have already signed up to the living wage "initiative" if it's asked for by the majority of customers/supporters then it would seem like the right thing to do, if the government was asking clubs to do it then it would be the height of hypocrisy however (look for the press release from a politician tomorrow!).
Not sure ticket prices are at a ridiculous rate in the name of profit as most football clubs don't make a profit but their ticket prices are still high! It's not a PL thing either as many football league clubs charge "high" ticket prices I don't see how the two are linked really. |  | | |
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