Aiyo sista, you set a mini wage serve no purpose here, give me a
figure, and the bosses will know how to work on it,
let say on the micro level, you set at 1.2k, so my bangala
washers' pay will go up nearly 50% , I would have to remove
some of them, choose the good ones behind, and with a 50% raise,
they will work harder to cover those gone.
As for singaporeans, even if I can paid 1.5k to
employ them, i paid only 1.2k and still can get them, and they
cannot argue over it, cost that this is legal. And it takes years
for them to get to 1.5k thru all those AI (annual
increment).
On the marco level, as the economy progress and inflation set
in, workers will have to fight for rise in mini wage inorder to
change the laws, and that takes time, there will be debate at the
employer federation, the workers' union, the Manpower ministry, the
laws insitutions and so on..a lengthy process. And if you can see
in some countries, riot, protest, street fighting with police going
on just to rise that mini wage, isn't that pathetic and waste of
time and effort.
Singapore adopting no to mini wage has so far serve us well, we
paid as according to demand, skill, education, perfomances and
contributions. Not just set a wage and any toms and dicks also can
get that kind of Salary which in turn deprive some good ones from
getting higher paid.
Exactly how many bangalas you need to wash dirty dishes ? 1 to
turn on the tap, 1 to rinse the dishes, 1 to dry and 1 to put the
cleaned dishes away ? Seriously, are you hiring more than you need
becuase they are so cheap anyway ?
Before the cheap foreign workers invaded our land, employers
arn't struggling. Yes labour is tight, yet those with quality
survived.
Now we have stalls sprouting up everywhere, cheap china workers
serving our local fare.. the stall owners are shaking their legs
elsewhere. The old and poor are collecting cans everywhere !!
Something is seriously wrong. So bring the min wage on !!
