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MSE News: 'No gain' from minimum wage rises
Former_MSE_Helen
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"Low-paid workers will suffer a wage cut in real terms despite an increase from today in the national minimum wage ..."
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I'd much rather be working for £6.19 per hour than god knows what an hour if the NMW was abolished.0
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No different to a lot of other people who get a wage cut in real terms because they are not getting a pay rise and probably haven't for the last 3 yearsThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Bet the MPs manage a wage rise above inflation.0
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The rates £2.65/£3.68 disgust me, legalised slave labour. The 20+ wage doesn't impress me either.0
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The rates £2.65/£3.68 disgust me, legalised slave labour. The 20+ wage doesn't impress me either.
You don't need to accept it find a better paid job. All the minimum wage does is help push all other prices up.
We pay above the minimum, but its getting closer, and its a much as we can afford without pricing us out of the market.The futures bright the future is Ginger0
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