A forum for trade unionists and union branches with members in the Eastbourne area. Meets and campaigns on unions' campaigns and the priorities of the TUC in Eastbourne.
Working people in the UK are seeing their
living standards squeezed harder and harder every year. The cost of energy,
food and housing is soaring but wages aren’t keeping up. 6.1 MILLION people in working households are living in poverty. This means that (excluding pensioners) there are more working households in poverty than there are workless households !
Full time workers have lost on average over £4,000 in
wages since 2009 and while jobs may be returning to the economy, they’re
increasingly low paid, low hours and low security.
Eastbourne has many workers who are employed in low-wage and zero-hours contracts. Eastbourne definitely needs a pay rise !
Eastbourne has many workers employed in the social care sector. According to Unison, there are 220,000 care workers paid less than the minimum wage (usually through employer fiddles that falsely calculate 'working' hours) Find out more about their campaign, and sign the petition here. Watch the TUC's animation highlighting the every day challenges faced by millions of people hit by the cost of living crisis below.
