Since starting my living wage petition last month, I’ve been gathering lot of pieces of information about campaigns, events, supporters of a living wage and what they’ve been doing, news articles, and so on. It was my intention to write to people I knew who’d signed the petition after a couple of months to share some of this, but after a while I realised that I had more information than I could cram into an e-mail. And also that the information that I had was not enough – I needed to hear from people who’d organised events or discussed the living wage within their organisations. So here goes ! This site is both a resource for activists and a source of information for interested people about the living wage campaign. It will be regularly updated, so please send me your comments, suggestions, weblinks and reports.
As for the original petition, it’s an idea that I stumbled across after doing a bit of reading, but I’m really glad that I did it. Apart from everything that I’ve learned, it’s a great way to connect the initiated few who are strong supporters of a living wage with a wider section of the public.
Thanks to all who have already posted links to my petition, including Church Action on Poverty, Moot community, No Sweat, Brent Trades Council and Jean Lambert MEP.
