ESQUIMALT CONSIDERS 'LIVING WAGE' FOR ALL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
Aug 16, 2010
A MOTION IS BEING PRESENTED IN ESQUIMALT COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT, AIMED AT SECURING A 'LIVING WAGE' FOR ALL MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
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Easy for them to just go ahead and do it, they just get their money from taxes.
But here is why it's a stupid concept:
While trying to solve a non-problem — supporting families that don't exist, in most cases — the living wage crusade creates a very real problem of low-skilled workers having trouble finding a job at all.
As imposed wage rates rise, so do job qualifications, so that less skilled or less experienced workers become "unemployable." Think about it. Every one of us would be "unemployable" if our pay rates were raised high enough.
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