Isn't this just a vicious circle though? Higher wages will increase inflation and the cost of living.i agree joe sod" but i think there has to be wage rise for the lower paid in the private sector....the cost of living is riseing by the week now!
a good idea....but can you see anyone in the cushy public sector agreeing to a pay cut?Might be a better plan to reduce the wages of the public sector. This should help reduce the cost of living and also reduce the burden on the private sector.
I don't quite see the logic in targetting the public sector in this way. Surely a more immediate and direct benefit in reducing the cost of living would be achieved by reducing the salaries of Tesco staff, AIB staff, FBD staff, Eddie Rockets staff etc, rather than public sector staff.Might be a better plan to reduce the wages of the public sector. This should help reduce the cost of living and also reduce the burden on the private sector.
People only pay the salaries of Tesco and Eddie Rockets staff if they choose to shop or eat there. The same applies to a lesser extent in banking and insurance; people can choose to pay for services based on price and quality. The same is not the case with the public sector; their salaries are paid for by taxation which is not optional. If the wage cost in the public sector is reduced the government has the option of spending in other areas or reducing taxes.I don't quite see the logic in targetting the public sector in this way. Surely a more immediate and direct benefit in reducing the cost of living would be achieved by reducing the salaries of Tesco staff, AIB staff, FBD staff, Eddie Rockets staff etc, rather than public sector staff.
Are you suggesting that increasing the pay of public servants well ahead of the rate of inflation over the last 10 or so years has had no inflationary effect on the economy in general?The increased cost of living isn't a result of increased taxation, it is a result if increased costs of goods and services.
Besides my first point above there is also a social justice consideration here. Why target the vulnerable minimum wage staff in Tesco or Eddie Rockets instead of the secure middle-income public sector employees with their short hours, long holidays and pensions that are paid for by the same poor sods in Tesco that you want to target?Why look for an indirect solution (reductions in public sector salaries) when you can go for a direct solution (reductions in private sector salaries)?
I believe that there will be a “solution” because the government don’t have the balls to take on their union masters.On the original question, IBEC are quoted in today's Irish TImes as stating that they expect resolution to happen soon.
I note that Purple conveniently ... ignores the staff of AIB/FBD, Tesco's well-paid management and extremely well-paid executives and Eddie Rockets well-paid operators.
Ditto; the balls nor the will. A letter in today's Daily Mail suggested a flat €30 increase, which sounds reasonable to me (also that would require increasing the minimum wage by 77 cent).I believe that there will be a “solution” because the government don’t have the balls to take on their union masters.
A letter in today's Daily Mail suggested a flat €30 increase, which sounds reasonable to me (also that would require increasing the minimum wage by 77 cent).
No he didn't.
People only pay the salaries of Tesco and Eddie Rockets staff if they choose to shop or eat there. The same applies to a lesser extent in banking and insurance; people can choose to pay for services based on price and quality
It'd probably be a better system of setting public policy than we have at the moment. (pandering to unions)The day we set public policy from the letter's page in the Daily Mail is the day I'll pack my bags.