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Our @NEEChamber session on creating a fair recovery is underway.
A couple of slides of data from @nechildpoverty to give the context - over a third of NE children live in poverty, and every NE council is in the top 20 in the country for child poverty increases since 2014/15.
A couple of slides of data from @nechildpoverty to give the context - over a third of NE children live in poverty, and every NE council is in the top 20 in the country for child poverty increases since 2014/15.
We've also heard from @BCC_Jane on the national picture and what the Chamber movement does to tackle low pay, and from @NEEChamber Partners @NewcastleBSoc who've been certified Living Wage employers since 2017.
They consider it part of their social contract with the region.
They consider it part of their social contract with the region.
Mike Wade from @NEEChamber Partner @HodgsonSayers explains they were the 2nd construction company in the country to sign up as a Living Wage Employer, and the 1st in the North East.
For them, it's morally vital to pay enough to "put food on the table and a roof over your head."
For them, it's morally vital to pay enough to "put food on the table and a roof over your head."
Mike adds that the movement needs support - pointing to the North of Tyne Good Work Pledge, and suggesting procurement rules can be changed as one way of ensuring those winning public sector contracts "simply do the right thing."
Our final speaker, Kezia Pugh from @LivingWageUK, talking about their schemes and programmes, and the support they offer those who commit to paying a Living Wage.
https://www.livingwage.org.uk/become-a-living-wage-employer
She succinctly outlines the problem in this slide:
https://www.livingwage.org.uk/become-a-living-wage-employer
She succinctly outlines the problem in this slide:
