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Posts Tagged ‘London Living Wage’

Bakery workers pave the way for hospitality organising with ‘landmark’ union recognition

By Claudia Lee | Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 11:04
In union: bakers at E5 Bakehouse. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

E5 Bakehouse founder Ben Mackinnon has welcomed the agreement as a ‘really positive move’

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School cleaners call off Hackney strike

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 26 January 2018 at 14:04
Hackney Town Hall

Union lifts threat following compromise over pay and contracts

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Leader – Sweep Stakes

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 January 2018 at 10:40
HC Crest

School cleaners are preparing to strike, but early signs of compromise could bode well for 2018

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School cleaner strike: Union leaves door open for talks

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 January 2018 at 10:18
Hackney Town Hall

More than 40 school cleaners to drop their mops in pay row, as union says ‘someone has to do the dirty work’

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Hackney Mayor ‘proud’ as London Living Wage hike announced

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 6 November 2017 at 13:12

Rate up 45p to £10.20 an hour as borough celebrates start of Living Wage Week 2017

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Picturehouse investigates allegations of ‘cyber attacks’ by union members

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 6 July 2017 at 08:29

Screen giant claims an email sent from a union address ‘instructed employees to encourage attacks’ on its website in support of long-running strike action

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Union boss slams Picturehouse following employee’s suspension

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 7 June 2017 at 14:02

Gerry Morrissey accuses film chain of ‘intimidating’ staff, some of whom have been striking over its refusal to pay a voluntary living wage

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Council under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 November 2016 at 15:08
Cllr Demirci with local campaigners

‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay

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Hackney Picturehouse staff to don Harry Potter costumes in latest strike over London Living Wage

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 November 2016 at 12:08

Cinema workers to ramp up pressure on Picturehouse to pay staff a minimum of £9.75 an hour with third walk out in a month

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Pay all staff at least London Living Wage, urges Mayor of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 2 November 2016 at 14:15
Do as they do: Philip Glanville with Councillor Carole Williams highlighting the wage issue

Philip Glanville has called on all businesses in the borough to follow his council’s lead

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Action! Hackney Picturehouse staff to strike over cinema’s refusal to pay London Living Wage

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 11 October 2016 at 18:02
Hackney Picturehouse May

Cinema workers are calling on Hackney Picturehouse to pay its staff a minimum of £9.40 an hour – a figure calculated as the basic cost of living in London

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Rio Cinema workers to strike over living wage and redundancies

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 14 May 2016 at 20:44
Rio Cinema, Dalston

Staff at the Dalston cinema are demanding to be paid the London Living Wage

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Hackney Picturehouse scoops ‘Scrooge award’ for scrimping on living wage

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 December 2014 at 13:06

Cinema gets ‘gift of coal’ from Citizens UK campaigners while ‘Living Wage Champions’ Sugru celebrated

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Hackney-based social enterprise leads the way as living wage employer

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2014 at 13:58

Follow our example, comms agency’s director tells other local businesses

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Living wage stats: Hackney lags behind Islington and Tower Hamlets in fair pay stakes

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 20 February 2014 at 10:35

Town Hall claims it is set to be first London borough to achieve London Living Wage compliance following London Assembly’s report

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Boff calls on Boris to take Council to task over London Living Wage

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 December 2012 at 18:40

Town Hall urged to take action as contracted employees found to receive less than London Living Wage

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Leader – a Living Wage is a fair one

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 29 November 2012 at 16:21

Hackney Council should act now to broaden Living Wage pay

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Hackney Council promises action on poverty wages

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 31 October 2012 at 11:23

Hackney Citizen investigation prompts Town Hall to review policy on advertising jobs that fail to meet the London Living Wage

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London mayoral Green candidate Jenny Jones visits Hackney to launch jobs manifesto

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 1 May 2012 at 17:24

The Green party’s candidate for London mayor calls for high-quality apprenticeships and support for small businesses

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Hackney Council to review London Living Wage policy

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 April 2012 at 09:36

Hackney is to review its pay policy as two nearby local authorities agree to pay all those doing council work a living wage

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