There is a huge raft of legislation on the statute books to protect employees' rights, so I'm not sure whether your example above is realistic or not. In my experience, employers are more concerned about keeping good employees than going for the cheapest which is a false economy.
You might have a sense of your own worth but frankly, that's irrelevant if no one else shares that view. The reality is that the market rightly rewards hard work, skills and experience. If you want to better your position and ultimately what you get paid, get a skill or professional qualification that is in demand. If that means working or studying in your spare time to achieve that, so be it. Don't expect something for nothing and no one owes you a living.
Spoken like a guy that works in the private sector!
Okay, at least I know(cos I witness the shit every day) that people that look after other Human Beings are worth less, literally, and that's not about 'good employees' but about cheaper labour!!
Public sector employees that spend their time, entertaining hospitalised drunkards, suicides, anorexics, mentally ill, cancer ridden road victim patients are not worth that much, cos hey! it's a competitive market out there.
I don't know what you do, job-wise, but literally, the NHS has had to employ people from overseas because there is no Human dignity in the job of looking after Humans! Tapping away at a computer is less stress and pays more!!
Well, we're at that bridge now with 'Brexit'. Where does your myopic view on worth take you now??
And this is your world preference...?
I'm not being funny mate, but honestly you sound like an idealist who's unfortunately completely out of touch with reality. I don't doubt the sincerity of what you say, nor your motives, but it's so far reality, it's just fantasy.
The reality is money makes the world go around, not human kindness. I am sure you wish it were different. Businesses exist to make money, i.e. profit. The most successful businesses are the ones which make the most profit. Ones making less profit, have less money to invest, to grow and to employ more people. They wither, decline and ultimately die, or get taken over by the successful businesses.
In a bubble we might be able to intervene to make businesses pay people more than they are worth, without making those businesses uncompetitive and ultimately damaging their growth and the numbers of people they employ. But we don't live in a bubble - we compete with 100+ other nations over which we have no control nor influence. And whilst that's the case, simply paying our citizens more, is not a sustainable answer.
In 100 years maybe things will be different, but that's how it is for the rest of my lifetime and probably yours.
What price is the 'worth'? It's gone from 6.20 an hr to 8.70 as minimum wage. Why??
Clearly there's more money in the tank, for big businesses than is let on! Why not stick to the lie of un-affordability?
Bernie Sanders as well as Corbyn, share my world view of Human dignity.
How did Bernie Sanders, a pretty unknown senator from Vermont in 2015, manage to close a 60 pt gap against Clinton (only to be cheated of his place) in 2016 if it is all idealism...?
In this country, austerity was being forced down our throats as we're told it was 'necessary'(like WMD's, right??) is now being eased off!
How were your roads looking in that time? Your refuse collection?? Your policing and ambulance responses?
We just can't afford to pay you more, but we can raise your car tax, rent and utilities?
It's not "in a bubble", it IS a bubble and it's stretching pretty thin!
I think people are tired enough to want to try a different path, a bit like turning to Pres 45 in the US.
Anything to make life better and it's shocking that you think is idealism when in the States that Living Wage law is to be met by 2021.
The clue is there, you just refuse to see it.
