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Originally Posted by Osem
Right now the EU's commitment to 'workers' rights' seems to involve making it the norm for poorly paid people from all over Europe to undermine the wages and therefore the rights of ordinary people elsewhere. Having the right to earn rubbish money isn't all that great of course for those who aren't affected they're just happen to get their roof fixed cheaply.
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Well you can't really undermine existing wages if a country has a minimum wage. I guess the problem is self-employed tradesman? That's a bit of a mixed bag though because whilst they may undercut the existing traders sometimes the cost of those tradesman can be very high. Plumbers for example are crazy expense per hour. I also wouldn't say those people are the lowest earners either.
You're right though. We do need to do more to stop the richer getting richer at the poor and better distribute income in this country.