http://workersparty.org.nz/2008/10/31/why-we-need-fewer-cops/ Pro-Worker/Anti-Capitalist Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://workersparty.org.nz/2008/10/31/why-we-need-fewer-cops/#comment-1183 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:51 +0000 http://workerspartynz.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1183 Richard, I’ve organised at KFCs before and there are a large amount of people working there who are in it for the career. I’ve met mums and dads trying to earn a living there. Yes there are transitionary workers there for a few months but that’s not the whole picture.

]]> http://workersparty.org.nz/2008/10/31/why-we-need-fewer-cops/#comment-1158 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:19:04 +0000 http://workerspartynz.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1158 Right, that must be why social mobility has decreased over the past couple of decades. Because shit pay and a competitive labour market motivates people to achieve.

]]> http://workersparty.org.nz/2008/10/31/why-we-need-fewer-cops/#comment-1157 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:06:40 +0000 http://workerspartynz.wordpress.com/?p=1041#comment-1157 Workers at McDonalds are usually teenagers, $12 per hour is a fair price. This is not a career position, this is a fast food, fast staff turnover, earning money for uni situation. I found that starting on a low wage motivated me to work hard and climb the ladder of my life. it worked and I became very successful. Would I have been as successful if I earned an adult wage as a teenager, I doubt it. Merit pay is part and parcel of a healthy competitive society, which is what we are. competitive. To kill that is to kill the spirit.

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