Increase/Double Minimum Wage for low-paid key workers during COVID-19 Crisis

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a petition to UK-government to debate and authorise to Increase or Double the minimum wage paid to low-paid key workers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis. They are risking their life by putting themselves on the forefront of providing the public to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

The struggle of low-paid key workers can be discriminating if they are forced to risk their life to receive an earning they depend on. Please debate and authorise an increase of minimum wage for duration of the COVID-19 crisis for low-paid key workers. Low-paid NHS staff, any kind of courier drivers, carers, cleaners, supermarkets shelf stackers, cashiers, and all the frontline low-paid staff who would risk their life to fight for this country shall deserve more. Think of those people please.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

Timeline

1 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 May 2020

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