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BFAWU Response to Minimum Wage Increase

How worried should we be by the government announcing an increase in the minimum wage by the princely, recession-busting sum of 20p? Lib-Dem Business Secretary, Vince Cable claimed that...

While wealth at the top triples, low and middle income wages decline

In recent years, despite the so-called need for austerity, we have seen the wealth of those at the top triple, whilst wages have declined for the majority of those...

£10 isn’t pie in the sky

The minimum wage should be increased to £10 per hour so that working people do not have to be supported with benefits, says the Bakers Food and Allied Workers...