> I disagree. Inflation has everything to do with it. If you get paid x
> dollars per year, but the cost of living goes up, you are essentially
getting
> a loss in pay. A meat pie in my lifetime (about 20 years) has gone from
80c
> up to $2.00 Rises above the inflationary rate should be based on
production.
> But in a situation where a pay rise hasn't been received in 10 years,
don't
> you think that employees are entitled to a catch up?
>
> --
> David Johnson - Rail Services Authority
> trainman@ozemail.com.au
> trainman@railpage.org.au
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman
>
I should have made myself clearer by using the term 'real wages' rather
than 'wages'. Yes real wages should be maintained - it should be the
responsibility of the employer to index wages on a yearly basis. But
increases beyond this should be productivity based. No increase in wages
over ten years does seem ridiculous. If productivity hasn't improved over
this period management must be to blame.
Anyway enough politics for this group...
Mark