Greens minimum wage more productive

"Raising the minimum wage would have both social and productivity benefits," said Council of Trade Unions president, Ross Wilson. "In Ireland they found that lifting the minimum wage was an important catalyst for improving skills and productivity, but it must be accompanied by a strategic investment in skills and training development.

"We congratulate the Greens on their comprehensive and eminently sensible Industrial Relations policy and we are pleased to see them launch it at a picket of poorly compensated rest-home workers who take on a huge social burden for little reward."

"If we are to advance on the road to being a highly productive, highly skilled economy then we need to value and reward the workers who participate in the process," Ross Wilson concluded.