Tag Archives: MINIMUM WAGE

Dear AllSingaporeStuff, I felt the need to write in to you guys, hope that you will share my views. Recently I have been seeing a lot of self-assured FTs of a particular nationality boasting online about their pay here. This is one example: Look at how they can boast about …

Red Dot United (RDU) has joined in the calls for the PAP government to implement a minimum wage. RDU agrees that a universal living wage of $1,300 will provide a basic standard for a life of respect and dignity.

Restaurants have been unable to fill around 1,000 F&B job openings for over a month. Netizens responding to this news feel some restaurants only have themselves to blame.

As a sign of how disconnected from reality Koh Poh Koon is, even CPF millionaire guru Loo Cheng Chuan has spoken out against bringing home anything less than $1,300.

However as a slap to remind how detached the PAP are from reality, renowned Dr Ho Ting Fei has spoken up for these low-wage workers regarding Minimum Wage.

Sengkang MP Raeesah Khan has also spoken up on the issue of minimum wage. She offers a perspective as someone who has worked with those who earn below livable wage.

What happens when you are a good samaritan writing about the an old auntie who still has to work hard as a cleaner to earn a living? Turns out, it is not the old lady the gahmen reaches out to, it is your employer they contact.

In his post dated 23 August, Jufrie Mahmood said that a government which is against the the implementation of a minimum wage policy is a government that does not really care about the welfare of the down trodden in society. Jufrie went on to say that the Ministers only think and care about themselves, as they keep harping on the millions in salary they are entitled to. Who entitled them to the millions but themselves?

S'poreans still buy the PAP narrative that min wages will breed a lazy dependent class and drive costs + prices, leading to job losses. The updated view is that min wages (when set properly) help to raise welfare without exacting very costly knock on effects on the labour market and prices. That is the modern up to date view of the role & impact of min wage legislation on labour markets.

I refer to the article “Reflecting on 2016” (Straits Times, Dec 29). It states that “December may just be a routine month in the calendar for some, but for others, the end of the year is a time for reflection, contemplation and New Year resolutions. We celebrate milestones, remember relationships lost and found, think about mistakes made”.