Leeds City Council has announced it will raise the minimum wage for staff in line with the new ‘real’ Living Wage. This move is despite having its budget cut by £266m over the last decade. […]
Citizens UK Challenges Companies to Commit to the ‘Real Living Wage’
As an introduction to the ‘Real Living Wage’ week, beginning Monday the 5th of November, Citizens UK has called upon University of Leeds to join the movement of companies that pay the ‘real Living Wage’. […]
Employed and in Poverty – Britain’s New Underbelly
Stephen Armstrong, an investigative journalist, published his book ‘The New Poverty’ this year, in an attempt to document a troubling new trend in Britain: in-work poverty. The Gryphon spoke to him last week as he […]
Living wage rises, but will we see the benefits?
The Living Wage is a movement, which aims to eradicate poverty through the promotion of higher minimum wages for all workers. The rate itself is calculated based on the true amount people need in order […]
Time for a living wage at LUU?
A recent information pack issued by Leeds University Union to all Leadership Race candidates has revealed that the biggest concern facing students during their first term at university was “money and finances”, overtaking 2014/15’s top […]
News | UPDATE: Lecturers' marking boycott called off as new pay offer is accepted
The threatened exam-marking boycott has been called off as Higher Education trade union groups accept the two per cent pay rise offer. The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) announced their ‘full and final’ pay offer […]
News | No living wage for contracted staff
Vice Chancellor, Sir Alan Langlands, will not pay all staff the living wage, LS can reveal. In a letter to the Leeds University Living Wage Campaign, the VC said he had decided not to pay […]
News | Students demand Living Wage for Uni staff
Dozens of students gathered on Parkinson steps on Wednesday to demand the University introduces the Living Wage. On a Facebook page promoting the event Leeds Labour Students stated one of the protest’s aims was for […]
Debate | Is the Living Wage worth it?
The Labour Party has stated that it would give tax rebates to firms that pay Living Wage. The Living Wage is based on the amount an individual needs to earn to cover the basic cost of […]
Features | The Living Wage: it’s only fair
The University relies on its cleaners and other ancillary workers, but often they are employed by external companies without the same rights as university staff. LS looks at the latest developments on campus. Crawling into the seminar room at […]
Nudity ban rejected in Union Forum battle
An attempt to ban nudity on campus has failed. Meenakshi Sarkar proposed banning “advertisement in [the] Union or campus with nude/explicit photos of students”. Three Better Union forum members voted in favour, and nine against. […]
Student workers paid ‘poverty wage’
Despite the Union lobbying the University to pay its staff the living wage, it is failing to do so for its own employees. Last year a Better Union idea was passed which stated that the […]