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To: Directors, Investors and Shareholders in Whitbread Plc
Whitbread Workers Deserve the Real Living Wage
Workers across Whitbread hotels, restaurants and pubs are the key to the company success however far too many of them are still not paid enough to live on.
Whitbread can be a genuine force for good in the hospitality sector by adopting the following benchmark standards:
- Bring the lowest paid staff up to the Real Living Wage Rate and become an accredited Living Wage employer.
- Uplift other rates to maintain skill differentials.
- Establish collective bargaining procedures to negotiate pay and conditions with elected Unite union reps
Why is this important?
With over 34,000 employees in 821 hotels and 411 pubs and restaurants Whitbread (owners of Premier Inn and familiar Brands such as Beefeater and Brewers Fayre) are one of the largest employers in the U.K. hospitality sector. As such they have a moral obligation to build back better after the Covid crisis by setting benchmark standards for decent pay and progressive employee relations.