The GMB general union, the third biggest union with just over 610,000 members, is campaigning for a £10 per hour ‘living wage’. The campaign was launched at its 2014 congress in June and is now being pursued through a number of strikes with private sector contractors.
Currently, the ‘living wage’ is paid by over 300 employers and the level is set by the Living Wage Foundation, which used the calculations of the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. The current rate outside of London is £7.65 per hour and within London it is £8.80 per hour. Amongst the employers paying the ‘living wage’ are large private sector companies in the service sector (such as financial services companies), many local government authorities (numbering over 1
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