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Quite agree. Did we have a shortage of lorry drivers, restaurant staff etc before free movement from Eastern Europe? Not that I can recall. If you introduce a lot of competition from low skilled workers, especially if they are from poorer nations and prepared to work for lower wages, it was obviously going to replace some of our own workers.
It will take time but we need to work out way back to a more self reliant economy.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post"Daily Mail supporting workers pay" Shocker!
What next? Will they be demanding the wealthy pay taxes?
Will they be supporting immigrants?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-tax-raid.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aged-FOUR.html
Oh you mean the Mail should support squeezing the rich until the pips squeak(i.e. they move abroad and we all pay more)?
Or be pro the boat people coming across the channel?
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"Daily Mail supporting workers pay" Shocker!
What next? Will they be demanding the wealthy pay taxes?
Will they be supporting immigrants?
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By George he's got it!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...shortages.html
'Stop moaning and pay Brits more': Ministers tell firms complaining about shortage of foreign workers to increase wages for UK employees instead- Firms are blaming Brexit and Covid-19 for a shortage of staff in their businesses
- The Government rejected the complaints insisting firms should increase wages
- The hospitality sector claims it is short of more than 210,000 staff
Paul Scully, the minister for the labour market, said: ‘We want to see employers make long-term investments in the UK domestic workforce instead of relying on labour from abroad. Businesses should be looking at how to make employment more attractive, including through wage increases and offering training.’
Last week Thomas Heier, the boss of restaurant chain Wagamama, complained about staff shortages, despite paying a head chef in London less than the ‘real living wage’.
While Andrew Opie of the British Retail Consortium said UK workers ‘do not want to do those roles for whatever reason’. But an audit by the Daily Mail found that several companies suffering from staffing shortages are advertising roles below the real living wage of £9.50 per hour outside London, or £10.85 in the capital. Prospective ‘team members’ at Pret A Manger in London receive the minimum wage of £8.91 per hour, while team leaders will be paid between £10.01 and £10.35.
Caffe Nero will pay all new baristas just £8.91, and McDonald’s pays £8.91 per hour or £9 in London.
Costa was this week forced to increase wages for its baristas in its cafes from a starting wage of £8.91 to £9.36 per hour as it struggled to hire 2,000 extra staff.
Wagamama, part of the £1billion giant The Restaurant Group, is hiring kitchen porters in London on wages of £8.96 per hour, and head chefs – who will run a kitchen – for £10.45. As a result, many workers have left the industry and have taken jobs in logistics as drivers for supermarkets or in warehouses, which are booming thanks to the growth of online shopping.
Wages at Amazon, which is hiring 12,000 staff in the UK as part of a major expansion, start at £10 per hour, and £11.10 in London. The firm is trying to throw off the reputation that their warehouse staff are poorly paid and forced to work in dire conditions.
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