A practical solution to our low-wage workers' problem.
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Many ministers have tried to look into solutions to our low-wage workers' problems.
From workfare to welfare to the latest financial aids of granting additional S$45,000 to be distributed to the poor via the political agency of CCC it looks like there is no practical solution in sight.
The low-wage workers include cleaners, sale personnel, security guards, construction workers, whose salaries are low - less than $800.00 pm.
This group of workers could not survive as what they earn are not enough to pay for transportation, utility and medical plus three meals.
On the other hand the ministers, senior civil servants, CEO/GM's, of GLCs were constantly given increments and upgrading and today many of the employees in these categories were not being paid exceeding 15-150 times of wage of low-wage workers due to policy (to retain talents) and not due to actual market forces.
So it is quite fair and practical for companies instead of squeezing the low-wage workers by passing some of the excessive current or future increments of these fortunate ministers, senior civil servants, CEOs/GM/directors of GLCs to such low-wage workers. Many of our ministers and senior civil servants and CEOs/GMs/directors of GLCs were being over-paid.
In any recession instead of talking about cutting the wages of low-wage workers the government should re-distribute the excessive increments and bonuses to the high-wage workers to the low-wage categories so as to make the multiple less skewed. The real and practical solution should be to cut back the over-generous salaries of senior management instead of the low-wage workers.
To build a compassionate and caring and competitive society it is time to adopt such a policy and practice to return to competitiveness again not by constant tax and fee increases. Otherwise the rich will only become richer and the poor poorer.
Let the new post-65 MPs and younger ministers accept this as a challenge to their talents and leadership. -
Is it correct to say that
when public sector pay rise,
all in this sector benefitted (more or less) regardless of performance?
now, private sector , where cut-throat competition occurs ,
the people working in this sector, is there such a thing for them i.e 1 pay hike applies to all in this sector?
whose money funds the pay rise of any sector?
who owns the money? -
The surpluses were people's hard-earned monies - every single dollar and every single cent in them. These surpluses came from the taxes and the S$100,000.00 land profits levied by HDB from sale flats and $500,000.00 per family from vehicle taxes.Originally posted by reddressman:Is it correct to say that
when public sector pay rise,
all in this sector benefitted (more or less) regardless of performance?
now, private sector , where cut-throat competition occurs ,
the people working in this sector, is there such a thing for them i.e 1 pay hike applies to all in this sector?
whose money funds the pay rise of any sector?
who owns the money?
Just image the ministers can treat these surpluses as their success and reward themselves million-dollar salaries and up to 10 months' bonuses when so many citizens are suffering from unemployments and there will be no help given to unemployed except for the few few selective families put up for show.
How do you practise no free lunch when ministers are taking all the lunches and dinners in this blatant manner. -
could you help by doing the math for this?
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Minimum wages especially for the lower income group may be another solution but then again the govt wants nothing to do with it, so i firmly believe the govt is not too concern and only pays lip-service to this group of people and occasionally throws some “goodies” for show!
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I read somewhere in this forum:
Singaporeans must be paid a low wage to remain competitive.
Ministers must be paid million dollar salaries to remain competitive.
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who says sg do not have minimum wage, there is, aren't they getting their pay adjusted soon....
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GIC announced that the average rate of return on its investments was 9.5% in U.S. dollars over the past 25 years. If it started off with 100b, it would have swell to about 340B.
Where's the money? What does GIC do with it? -
And you help by stopping people from discussing about it?Originally posted by the Bear:could you help by doing the math for this?
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hi Robert,Originally posted by robertteh:The surpluses were people's hard-earned monies - every single dollar and every single cent in them. These surpluses came from the taxes and the S$100,000.00 land profits levied by HDB from sale flats and $500,000.00 per family from vehicle taxes.
Just image the ministers can treat these surpluses as their success and reward themselves million-dollar salaries and up to 10 months' bonuses when so many citizens are suffering from unemployments and there will be no help given to unemployed except for the few few selective families put up for show.
How do you practise no free lunch when ministers are taking all the lunches and dinners in this blatant manner.
As you know, for my personal self preservatorial reasons, I must not say bad things or comments.
I learn this from many people .
But I think it is also fair to say that,
the exact people who gave them the mandatey are the ones who also apparently do not object to their pay hikes.
And many are employed in this sector. Pay hike to them. Who would comprain? dio boh?
thus, I see a clear picture. -
This must be the reason why our parents want us to study hardOriginally posted by charlize:I read somewhere in this forum:
Singaporeans must be paid a low wage to remain competitive.
Ministers must be paid million dollar salaries to remain competitive. -
no.. i'm waiting for someone to come up with the math for this..
if we take away the pay from the ministers, and then pay the low-wage workers with the pay... how will that happen?
how much will each low-wage earner get?
what makes a low-wage earner?
how will you be able to pay these low-wage earners?
things like that?
these questions have to be answered else it's going to be like a bunch of mice agreeing that they have to tie a bell around the cat...Originally posted by royston_ang:And you help by stopping people from discussing about it? -
x2Originally posted by the Bear:no.. i'm waiting for someone to come up with the math for this..
if we take away the pay from the ministers, and then pay the low-wage workers with the pay... how will that happen?
how much will each low-wage earner get?
what makes a low-wage earner?
how will you be able to pay these low-wage earners?
things like that?
these questions have to be answered else it's going to be like a bunch of mice agreeing that they have to tie a bell around the cat...