Barclays: Bank’s CEO commits to discussions with UNI Global over the introduction of a global living wage

During the bank’s AGM, CEO Antony Jenkins confirmed his readiness to open discussions with UNI Global over the introduction of a global living wage. His announcement comes after the bank’s unions along with UNI Global mobilized and called on Barclays to extend its credentials as a UK living wage employer throughout all of the banking group’s entities. A UNI Global report published at the same time draws attention to significant salary differences being paid within the group. UNI Global hopes that other banks will follow Barclays’ lead and adopt the living wage principle at a global level.
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Committed to the global living wage principle. Before both shareholders and UNI Global representatives, the CEO of the world’s seventh largest bank said it was ready to start discussions over a global living wage. At the AGM, Philip Jennings, secretary general of UNI Global said that the confederation and its affiliates were ready to enter into constructive talks with Barclay’s management over the living wage and its practical application across all the group’s employees (the bank has operation

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