Work must be made to pay - The minimum wage
Of course that caveat “when economic conditions allow” falls into the how-long-is-a-piece-of-string category of evasion and will make little difference to most poorly-paid workers in the immediate future.
It is entirely appropriate that this issue be put back on the agenda as workers on the minimum wage face a daily struggle. They are denied the dignity that should confer or even the modest comforts of a living wage. This situation is exacerbated by some profitable companies paying full-time workers so little that their workers must rely on our social protection system — in effect we are subsidising profits for companies that pay their workers very poorly.
