A ‘stimulating job’ doesn’t pay anybody’s rent. Decent wages are long overdue, says Jim Taylor, an independent bookshop manager
When I saw the staff petition for Waterstones to become a living wage employer earlier this week – along with the open letter supporting it, signed by numerous authors of note – my first thought was, why hasn’t anyone done this before? I worked for Waterstones for more than a decade, and the issue of low pay for shopfloor staff is by no means a new one within the company.
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