Handheld users: view this page better on http://m.socialistparty.org.uk
Arguments for socialism tags:
Minimum wage
Filter by importance | All results
11 May 2011
A Labour Research Department publication has stated that the TUC welcomed the government's confirmation that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for workers aged 21 and over will go up by 2.5%, writes Mark Evans.
6 October 2010
WE HEARD a lot at the New Labour conference in Manchester about the party's 'proud record' for working people...
Unite members on strike on the picket line at Tyneside safety Glass, photo Elaine Brunskill
22 September 2010
Tyneside Safety Glass: Stop the decline to the minimum wage!
Shop steward Mark Robertson, spoke to Elaine Brunskill about the strike on 20 September at Tyneside Safety Glass, the biggest industrial glass manufacturer in the north of England, with around 150 workers...
7 October 2009
TO MARK ten years of the national minimum wage, the New Labour government has given it the lowest increase on record, taking the full adult rate to a miserly £5.80 an hour...
2 October 2004
Bosses Think Minimum Wage Too High
"TONY BLAIR is hypocritical and can't be trusted. He has repeatedly refused to repeal Tory anti-trade union laws which prevent workers from protecting themselves...
10 January 2004
Young Workers Need A Liveable Minimum Wage!
PRESSURE FROM the trade union movement and the general anger among many workers could force New Labour to introduce a minimum wage for 16 and 17 year olds later this year...
27 July 2001
THE GOVERNMENT has accepted the Low Pay Commission's (LPC) recommendation to increase the national minimum wage (NMW) for adults from £3.70 per hour to £4.10 from this October, writes Bill Mullins.
9 March 2001
We're worth more than £4.10 an hour
Low Paid Say: AN ELECTION is definitely in the offing. New Labour's Stephen Byers has announced that the national minimum wage will go up by 10% this October. Welcome as any rise will be for the lowest-paid workers,...
14 July 2000
We're Sick of the Greedy Bosses
* Fight for a minimum wage of £5 an hour as a first step to £7 an hour - the European decency threshold.
* End the power and privilege of the wealthy, for a socialist society and economy run to meet the needs of all.
Search entire database: