Launch of COFUP!

At 7pm on Tuesday 24th July, we're launching the new Coalition Fighting Unfair Pay (COFUP) in Committee Room 9, House of Commons. Speakers include:

Bob Crow (RMT General Secretary)
Cllr Miranda Grell
John McDonnell MP
Rory MacQueen (GMB)
Angela Molloy (Regional Industrial Officer for T&G Region 1)
Heenal Rajani (UNISON)
Samuel Tarry (Compass Youth)
Marsha-Jane Thompson (Co-Chair of Socialist Youth Network)

COFUP is campaigning for a living wage for all workers - regardless of their age.

The two main aims of our campaign are:

1) To campaign for all Labour councils to include a Living Wage without exemptions in their procurement contracts;

2) To make a Living Wage for all workers the policy of the Labour party.

In October, the national minimum wage will rise £5.52 an hour for workers aged over 22, £4.60 for 18-21 year olds and only £3.40 for those aged 16-17 year olds. £5.52 an hour represents poverty pay - and it remains a scandal that a worker doing the same job as someone older than them can be paid nearly £1 an hour less.

COFUP is the initiative of the Socialist Youth Network, the youth wing of the Labour Representation Committee. For more details, email the Co-Chairs at:

Marsha-Thompson: marshajanethompson@yahoo.co.uk
Owen Jones: o.p.jones@gmail.com