Rachel has joined our call for #careworkers to be paid a real #LivingWage ✊

Do you agree #careworkers are #WorthTheMoney?

Write to your MP NOW 👉 http://bit.ly/worth-the-money  https://twitter.com/LeedsCitizens/status/1327231959270035457
Josie cares for people with epilepsy. She makes people comfortable in their final days. But Josie earns just £8.72 an hour. We think she is #WorthTheMoney and deserves a Living Wage pay rise ♥️

Write to your MP to ask where they stand - http://bit.ly/worth-the-money 
Edel, a Care Worker in Wales asks: "how can we take care of others, when we aren't paid enough to take care of ourselves?" #worththemoney
Many of the care workers asking for Living Wage pay justice today are women. Earlier this year @fawcettsociety research found that 8 out of 10 care workers are women, with many BAME and migrant women working in the sector https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/valuing-the-care-sector #WorthTheMoney
50 years of Equal Pay: It's time to value the care sector

The 29th May 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. But the work that women do is still consistently undervalued. This is particularly the case for those who work in the social care...

https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/valuing-the-care-sector
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