Ivorian cocoa farmer, Salimata, earns the equivalent of 75 pence a day. This is less than half what she and her family needs for a decent standard of life. Buying Fairtrade can provide a part of the answer for cocoa farmers like Salimata. But there is widespread agreement that industry and …
living wage
You don’t get to call it a Living Wage unless you can live on it
Today’s budget ended with the Chancellor announcing a “National Living Wage”. The name was right, the marketing was cunning but sadly the policy bears no resemblance to a Living Wage. The Living Wage is an ethical principle converted into a wage rate; today’s “National Living Wage” is a welcome …