Low Pay In The Premier League
EDM number 881 in 2008-09, proposed by Alan Keen on 25/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Pay and Sports.
That this House congratulates the Fair Pay Network, a coalition of trades unions and anti-poverty charities and the Institute of Public Policy Research on their campaign to secure fair pay for the large section of off-the-pitch staff working for Premier League clubs who receive low pay; notes that this initiative enjoys cross-party support, including that of the Minister for Sport and the Mayor of London; acknowledges the best practice business case presented by companies such as KPMG and Premier League sponsors Barclays, which records money-saving results for fair-paying large employers; and calls on all 20 Premier League clubs to engage positively with this initiative and with the offer of support from both the Fair Pay Network and the business community.
This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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