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💔 At £116 a week (equiv. £4 an hour), people on Statutory Sick Pay cannot pay the bills or provide for their families. This often results in people being forced back into work, slowing their recovery, lowering productivity, and potentially infecting others. At the Centre for Progressive Change, convening the Safe Sick Pay Campaign, we are calling for a better deal for all when we fall sick. ✅ If you are an employer that is already going above Statutory Sick Pay to protect your workers with decent levels of sick pay, please get in touch with the campaign's Business Lead, Caroline Reilly (caroline.reilly@centreforprogressivechange.org) 📨 Your support can help the campaign to demonstrate what is already being done in this space to the Government. SME experiences are especially welcomed.

One week to go to apply for our Regional Lead roles in the North West and Greater London! To find out more please go to: https://lnkd.in/eHdUi4B4 If you're interested please get your application in soon. Please help us spread the word and share with anyone you think may be good for the role.

Hi everyone. We are recruiting for two Regional Leads - one in the North West and one in Greater London 🥳 Please help us spread the word. The Regional Leads will drive the Centre's work in their region to move MPs to support our campaigns, grow our power regionally and take effective regional action. Salary £45-50k. To find out more please go to: https://lnkd.in/eHdUi4B4

The #GeneralElection is less than 2 weeks away. A few days left to apply for voter ID or proxy vote. 📌5pm on Wednesday 26 June👇🏾 👉🏾Deadline to apply for voter ID. Apply here👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/eSd4wX9a 👉🏾Deadline to apply for proxy vote. Apply here👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/ecFaVFCh

UK General Election 2024 – time to meet candidates! As Prospective Parliamentary Candidates meet with electorates on different platforms, vital to be ready with the issues that matter most to you and ask candidates to support your campaigns. The Safe Sick Pay Campaign needs your support. When one is unwell, one needs support and should not worry about bills and money. If you are in the UK, please write to your candidates and ask them for meetings. Please also ask them to support this transformational campaign. Below is a link for your actions if you support the #SafeSickPay campaign. Quite simple steps, then the letter will reach your local candidates. It is that simple. https://lnkd.in/eRJxq-7C  

𝗨𝗞 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 – 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝘆! 𝗔𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝘆. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗿𝗮:- 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟴: 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵: 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟲: 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘅𝘆 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/ebS5drvr

“The Book of Samuel tells us of the duel between David and Goliath, where young David defeats the enormous armoured and armed champion of the Philistines in single combat. Marshall Ganz uses this story as the basis and title of his wonderful exposition of why the UFW's organising efforts with migrant farm workers succeeded where so many others had failed. He argues that it worked because they cared enough, that because they were so committed they worked out how to take what they had and use it to get what they needed - just as David took his sling, stones from the riverbed, and cast down Goliath.”-George Gabriel writes an intriguing piece reflecting on his experiences of organising and movement building. Great piece to read and share👇🏾 https://lnkd.in/em3cs5_k

New briefing lifts the lid on the financial difficulty working people face when their sick pay doesn’t pay the bills. A new analysis of the UK’s statutory sick pay arrangements has prompted calls from cancer and health charity CEOs for political parties to back improvements to statutory sick pay; as an estimated 250,000 workers living with cancer have been left without sufficient income to cover essential bills like rent and heating. We have partnered with health charities including Young Lives vs Cancer Leukaemia Care Cancer52 to call for reform to the Statutory Sick Pay so that we have a #SafeSickPay that is fit for purpose. For more on the briefing and your actions, please follow the below link, https://lnkd.in/e3zn8WeY