LETTER: Minimum wage is self-defeating
Almost half of people who are able to work ‘earn’ R0 an hour because they can’t find jobs
24 September 2020 - 15:37
Unfortunately, unions in SA have a long history of using their members as cannon fodder (“Numsa needs to view Comair deal as a long-haul trip”, September 22).
More often than not, when I engage with union officials to explain that their demands would destroy the entire business, their stock answer is that “an injury to one is an injury to all”. This means that if one person is going to earn less they would rather have no-one earn anything at all. ..
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