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UoM becomes official Living Wage employer

UoM becomes official Living Wage employer

4 months after a open meeting by the students’ Living Wage campaign, UoM has been granted its Living Wage status
Student campaign group asks UoM to become Living Wage employer

Student campaign group asks UoM to become Living Wage employer

The campaigners planned a rally for November to encourage UoM to join the 33 existing Living Wage accredited universities.
Students unhappy at soaring Vice Chancellor pay

Students unhappy at soaring Vice Chancellor pay

In a nationwide survey students were found to be supportive of a Living Wage for University staff and for Vice-Chancellors’ pay to be cut, as wage statistics for universities are revealed.
Students fight for Living Wage at University of Manchester

Students fight for Living Wage at University of Manchester

A student campaign group has set its sights on persuading the University of Manchester to become accredited by the Living Wage Foundation

Students’ Union unveils living wage plaque

All Students’ Union employees earn at least the “real living wage” of £8.75

The Living Wage: Taking Action on Poverty Pay

Sorcha Floyd, Campaigns Officer outlines why the Living Wage is so important and announces that the University of Manchester’s Living Wage Campaign is now recruiting a new committee following the announcement of a new living wage outside London

University to ‘cut catering staff and lower wages’

After implementing the living wage last month, the company in charge of catering services across the university are claimed to be planning to make 43 staff redundant and cutting salaries by up to a third

Living Wage for University of Manchester catering staff

As of the beginning of February, catering staff at the University of Manchester are to be paid the Living Wage

Manchester Students’ Union adopts the Living Wage

Following an extensive student-led campaign, the University of Manchester’s Students’ Union is to implement the National Living Wage

The Students’ Union will become a Living Wage Accredited employer

Manchester Students’ Union has become a Living Wage Accredited employer. Campaigners continue to urge the University of Manchester to follow the same example

Living Wage granted to Birmingham University staff

Defend Education protests have resulted in the Living Wage victory

The rise in tuition fees is a ‘bloody big roadblock’, says David Miliband

David Miliband discusses the implications for social mobility after the tutition fee increase at a Q&A session at the University of Manchester