Schroders: Why we are against Sainsbury's being forced to become Living Wage-accredited

AGM on 7 July

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It is decades since a newly-formed band of campaigners marched down Mile End Road in London’s East End. They were calling for all staff working in local hospitals to be paid a “living wage”. The concept was established. Those hospitals signed up, as did local schools and even some early adopters in the City.

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