TUC calls for pay rise for health and other key workers
They say, In real terms, average public sector pay is still £900 lower than it was in 2010
The Government is being urged to deliver pay rises and better conditions for the millions of people who are working through the Covid-19 crisis.
The TUC said that, as well as thanking key workers such as those in the NHS and the care sector, they should also be given decent pay and conditions.
Trade unionists around the country are marking May Day with an online #ThankAWorker action, expressing gratitude to employees who have made a difference to them during lockdown.
A new study published by the TUC to mark May Day suggested that almost two out of five key workers - an estimated 3.7 million people - are paid less than £10 an hour, compared with three in 10 other workers.
Women are more likely than men to be key workers and to be on low pay, said the TUC.
Many key workers are also trapped in insecure work, without guaranteed hours and often missing out on basic rights like sick pay, according to the report.
The TUC said its analysis showed that public sector workers who are on the front line of fighting Covid-19 are still being paid less today than they were a decade ago.
Published: by Radio NewsHub