As an accredited Real Living Wage employer, we wanted to share a reflection from the Real Living Wage Foundation on their 20th anniversary of being in operation:
As we approach the New Year, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on and celebrate all we have achieved in the year that's gone. Not only was 2021 the 20th anniversary of the Living Wage campaign, which originally began in 2001, but together we made sure a record-breaking number of workers and their families were paid a real Living Wage, and are able to meet the huge rises in living costs we’re witnessing.
Here’s some of the other things our movement achieved this year:
A record-breaking 2,533 businesses accredited this year, bringing our movement to over 9,000 Living Wage Employers, which now includes half of the FSTE 100;
67,900 additional workers saw a pay rise this year, bringing our total to 300,000 workers lifted onto the Living Wage;
£1.7bn has gone back into the pockets of low-paid workers; and
7 more employers showed leadership by signing up to become Living Hours Employers.
The YCW is also proud to be a Real Living Hours employer too and looks forward to promoting this to others.
