London's Royal Parks to pay attendants living wage following strikes

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Park attendants at seven central London green spaces will now be paid the London living wage after a wave of coordinated strikes.

 

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What is a living wage in the UK?

If the living wage is defined as 'the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs' then why are people receiving less?

You mean those Guys weren't paid a living wage? Disgusting! Dreadful! They keep those places so beautiful for us. Places of sanity. I'm angry to hear this.

Strikes? Get used to them you'll see alot more over the next few years! SEIZE THE POWER BY THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION.

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A living wage presupposes an unliving wage, what these attendants are currently paid. Are they really worth so much less than, let’s say, a prince with paedophile pals or two spoiled work-shy young women with a combined IQ of 15? I think we should be told.

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