England beat France 44-8 on Sunday in the Six Nations competition at Twickenham.getty images
The Rugby Football Union has been criticized by MPs for underpaying hundreds of employees who worked at Twickenham on Saturday, when England beat France 44-8, according to Alex Lowe of the LONDON TIMES. RFU interim CEO Nigel Melville was sent a letter this week, signed by 43 MPs, which accused the governing body of "falling below the level of performance expected of you when it comes to pay." Vince Cable, leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Twickenham, was one of the signatories calling for the RFU to "pay casual employees the voluntary real living wage." The same letter, organized by Jo Stevens MP, was sent to the Welsh Rugby Union and Scottish Rugby Union. As of Saturday, she was yet to receive a reply from any of the three CEOs. The real living wage, a rate based on what people need to live, is £10.55 ($13.66) an hour in London and £9 ($11.66) for the rest of the U.K. Bar and cleaning roles being advertised for the Six Nations match started at £7.83 ($10.14) an hour (LONDON TIMES, 2/9).
