Greater Income Equality For Sheffield

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Recent research has found that more equal societies do better in almost every way. Once a country gets wealthy enough to address basic needs, the best way to improve health, happiness, education, and many other factors besides, is to have a lower gap between those who are paid the most, and those who are paid the least. That would help everyone feel they have an equal part to play, and would benefit everyone, from the richest to the poorest. It would create one society, instead of a divided society.

We the undersigned believe that Sheffield Council, as an organisation responsible to the Sheffield people, should take the lead in promoting income equality. We ask Sheffield Council to implement a pay structure so that the highest wage paid (FTE) is no more than ten times the lowest wage paid (FTE). To enable this, we call on the Executive Management Team of Sheffield Council to voluntarily reduce their pay, such that the pay for the Chief Executive will be reduced by around 25\%, from 181k per year to around 135k per year.

21 Signatures

  • Graham Wroe
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S2 2SR
    • Comments
    • This is one cut I would greatly approve of!
  • Jason Leman
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S11
  • Marc Van der Herten
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S2 5GD
    • Comments
    • Getting rich is no harmless exercise.
  • David Price
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S71SJ
  • Rev Canon Nick Jowett
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S11 8YL
  • Hilary Jowett
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S12 2EE
  • Kathryn Aston
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S6
  • Rob Unwin
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S8
  • Anthony Mullen
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S3
  • Eamonn Ward
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S6 1SL
  • Jillian Creasy
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S10
  • Edward Pover
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S6
    • Comments
    • This should also apply nationwide to both public and private sectors for the reasons stated in the letter.
  • Daniel Oldfield
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • s20
  • Harry Lemmin
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S12
  • Fiona Moorcroft
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S8
  • Loz
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S13
  • H Bloomer
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • s6
    • Comments
    • В
  • chris
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • s13
  • H. Wales
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S11
  • Rev Dr Sarah Hall
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S11 7EF
    • Comments
    • My church (the United Reformed Church) has a 'flat' pay structure in which our national and regional leaders get paid the same as local clergy.
  • Jean Russell
    • Postcode (first part only e.g. 'S1', 'S16')
    • S3