TUC: Raise the minimum wage
Mon 1 Dec 2008
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for the national minimum wage to be raised to £6.10.
It believes an increase of 37 pence will raise employee wages, boost spending power and help fight the credit crunch.
General secretary Brendan Barber said there was a danger that Low Pay Commission, when setting the new rate might be too cautious.
"A low minimum wage would not only leave low paid workers - predominantly women - in poverty unnecessarily, but would also leave them with less money to spend," Personnel Today reported he said.
The TUC has previously recommended the minimum wage should be increased to £6.50 by 2010.
The Greater London Authority established a Living Wage Unit to establish a new standard of pay for workers in the capital.
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has raised the London Living Wage to £7.45, although employers are not bound by law to pay.
Pay for employees in call centre jobs in Birmingham will vary according to their employer.
