Labour won't reject poverty pay and commit to £15-an-hour minimum wage

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Labour won't reject poverty pay and commit to £15-an-hour minimum wage
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“TEETERING on the edge of poverty”, “living in poverty”, “in deep poverty”, “in very deep poverty”; the multiple categories of…

“TEETERING on the edge of poverty”, “living in poverty”, “in deep poverty”, “in very deep poverty”; the multiple categories of severe deprivation and insecurity described in the latest analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation cannot begin to convey the cruel conditions of life imposed on millions by all the political parties of the millionaires .

One of the many things Sir Keir Starmer and millionaire Anas Sarwar’s Labour refuse to do with their likely majority is tackle poverty pay. They point-blank refuse to implement the demand of the entireThis one measure, £15 per hour minimum for all workers aged 16 and over, would lift millions out of poverty, deep poverty, or the perilous state of 280,000 Scots who are a mere £40 a week away from being in poverty.

Furthermore, is Anas Sarwar prepared to admit, publicly, that ALL zero-hours contracts are exploitative, and should therefore all be abolished?Is he willing to commit Labour to implementing the policy I devised, proposed and won unanimous support for at the 2018 annual conference of my own union, USDAW, for an outright ban on all zero-hours contracts and their replacement by a guaranteed minimum 16-hour contract for every worker who wants one? Will he and Labour implement the policy I...

Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.

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