Inflation is squeezing workers. We need a £15 minimum wage
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As the Trade Union Congress demands a minimum wage hike amid the “harshest wage squeeze in modern history”, the Labur Party remains silent.
When asked whether it supported paying all workers £15, all the Party would say to openDemocracy was that it had already set out its own proposals on wages…
In the article below published in June before the current wage rebellion had hotted up, James Meadway, director of the Progressive Economy Forum shows exactly why a large rise in the minimum wage is needed and counters the usual tired objections to it.
This article was originally published by openDemocracy on Wed 8 Jun 2022. Read the original here.
Inflation is squeezing workers. We need a £15 minimum wage
To fairly protect those most impacted by the cost of living crisis we need to squash profits – not pay
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