Villa and the Living Wage

by EbeneezerGoode Fri Aug 14, 2015 12:23 am

Hope the club embrace this campaign: http://www.citizensuk.org/aston_villa_living_wage

At present around two thirds of staff employed by Aston Villa receive an income above the minimum wage. This clearly means that a third, who consist largely of match day staff, are paid the basic minimum wage. To put that into context, it means that hundreds of people without whom Villa Park wouldn’t be able to stage a game – stewards, turnstile operators, catering and waiting staff – earn less than the price of a match ticket.

This is unacceptable for a club of the size of Aston Villa, particularly given the ever-increasing riches of the Premier League, and many people are rightly critical of the club for not being signed up to the Living Wage Campaign. By becoming the first Living Wage-accredited football club in the Midlands and paying all their staff appropriately, the club would not only set a good example to companies in the rest of the Midlands, it would also show that Aston Villa FC is, as it always has been, an institution that understands its central role in the local community.

Considering that the 'talent' in football get paid such exorbitant sums, it's disappointing that so many clubs, ourselves included don't pay workers - the people who actually need the money to get by - a generous wage.

by KMitch Fri Aug 14, 2015 2:41 am

Paying a living wage for staff who work one day every two weeks, for 2/3s of the year? Really? I don't know how stadiums are staffed in the UK, but here in the USA, nearly all stadium staff are part time employees.

by EbeneezerGoode Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:58 pm

There will be full time staff too. In the various club shops, ticket offices who won't be paid a living wage either.

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