Ged Nash, Labour’s Minister of State with responsibility for Small Business and Collective Bargaining
Minister Ged Nash is calling on companies to attend the conference to discuss how a campaign for a living wage for employees in Ireland might be introduced.
Employers, trade unions, workers and other groups are being invited to register their interest in attending the forum, which takes place on 30 September.
Minister Nash said today’s announcement was about recognising that people who work for a living should be paid a decent wage.
Groups invited to take part in Living Wage Forum (RTÉ)
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Tell Dr. Bunsen Honeydew to get back to his lab.
And tell him to bring his ‘penis Beaker’
lol
I came on here to mention Mr. Bunsen.
Ged Nash; Glasgow’s finest spoonerism.
when they brought in living wage in britain wasnt it made sound good, but actually heralded doom and misery for sick, disabled and elderly people? . . also, do we literally just copy everything Britain do? if so, can we follow them out of the EU too please?
It would be good if workers were paid it now but its phased in so by the time business catch up, the living wage would have gone up again so they still won’t be getting it. I also suspect there will be massive loopholes in it because, well Tories innit.
The ‘living wage’ (and not the phoney version Osborne has brought in the UK) has been a strong concept on the left for a long time. Did you really think that Ged Nash would be directly copying a Tory initiative?
“recognising that people who work for a living should be paid a decent wage.”
Well. Who’da thunk it?
…so that’s what you look like Jed…nice try with the living wage thing but have you checked that with the boss…Joan Jobridge might think you are sending out mixed messages.
Joan Jobridge.
-I like it.
There are a vast number of people who are not on a living wage. I don’t know if this is what needs to be done, but something needs to be done, and the crew that are running the country have no interest in doing it.
Put an end to Scam Bridge for a start, and give people with qualifications to do a job, an actual job with pay instead of an internship for a start. This won’t make the unemployment figures look as good for Joan, but where there was once a job for somebody with certain qualifications, there is now a so called internship offering nothing more than €50 expenses, which in most cases won’t cover expenses.
As for employers who are complaining about the idea of having to pay more than the current minimum wage, they should try living on it for a few weeks.
About 73,000 on the minimum wage from 1.9million workers, that’s 3%.
Various arguments against it include-
-increased costs for employers.
-minimum wage workers will have to pay more tax
-all the other workers will want an increase if the minimum wage earners get an extra 50c
-it will attract migrants
These are from the front pages of recent broadsheet newspapers.
Thank you. Must admit 3% is a lot less than I thought. In any case,something needs to change.
Yes, but the idea is that it allow staff further up the food chain to argue for pro-rated wage increases. Given the existence of JobBridge, I don’t think that there’s too much thought given to the guys at the bottom.
No, you’re right Fergus.
73,000 is a lot of people at the mercy of social services for income and medical support.
The rest of my comment was about how we are not dealing with it considering the numbers.
something to consider; does the 73,000 include people who are on wages just above the minimum wage but would actually be below the new ‘Living Wage’?
“Minister Nash said today’s announcement was about recognising that people who work for a living should be paid a decent wage.”
It’s actually about pretending to do something, while actually doing nothing.
Odd looking buck, half man, half balloon
I’ve been trying to ring my boss for his opinion on this matter since 5pm yesterday.
He’s not answering.
Is there a problem with the phone operators or something?
Get it, ‘phone operators’
You don’t get it, do you?
I’m wasted here.
You are, indeed.
Time to mosey on to new pastures perhaps.
Well fed labour politican trodding the
custard cream and power point circuit generating useless waffle.