(1888PressRelease) Interpreters hourly pay rate has been cut by up to 50% resulting in campaigning from those who act as translators for a number of public bodies.
The Association of Community Interpreting Standards has officially been launched at Eastbourne Town Hall by those who act as translators for the NHS, councils and other public bodies.
The group of 400 interpreters in Sussex are mounting a campaign against cuts to their income to raise the profile of their work and to highlight a crisis in their profession; which is the pressure to cut their hourly pay rates, in some cases almost by half. This is not just a local problem but one that is happening across the UK.
The pressure to reduce costs has resulted after cuts have been made in the public sector budget, and an increase in competition between big translation and interpreting companies. To win public sector contracts they have had to reduce their prices which will be passed on to the interpreters they employ.
Read more: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2013/03/05/400-official-interpreters-sussex-are-leading-campaign-against-income-cuts#ixzz2MjnL9iV1
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