Cinema workers launch living wage fight
Workers at the Curzon cinema chain have launched a campaign to win living wages. The hourly rate for most workers is £6.62, well below the £8.55 "London Living Wage" figure most official bodies, including Boris Johnson's GLA, agree is needed to get by in the capital (most of the chain's locations are in London). According to the workers' petition, "On a current wage of £6.62 an hour, it would take workers two days to afford a bottle of one of the wines sold at the cinemas." Workers also face a reduction in their hours. On 9 August, a Guardian article exposed that 150 Curzon workers were on...