During yesterday's Parliamentary debate, the minimum wage policy issue was discussed and as expected, the men and women in white sang in unison like an orchestra. They opposed implementing a minimum wage to aid low-skilled, low-waged workers.
Only the opposition and Nominated MPs stood for it to be adopted. Lim Swee Say, the secretary-general of NTUC, mentioned that "a minimum wage will always end up being the maximum wage for low-wage workers".
They will not get any increment since employers have already paid them the legal amount which might be more than what they are worth.
Obviously, Mr Lim thinks that every industry works the same way as the government, where ministers' salaries increase every now and then regardless how much they achieve or screw up.
The labour movement in Singapore favours the Government's Workfare scheme which pays CPF monies to low-wage workers. Mr Lim "swee swee" say that that's the Singapore's version of minimum wage.
How can we compare Workfare scheme and minimum wage when the latter is your take home pay while the former is just invisible cash which goes back to the government via CPF?
Wake up fellow Singaporeans, vote for change, vote for a better future, vote for the opposition!
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