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Originally Posted by jambutty
How would you quantify the amount of work done by a bus/train driver blazey? Is the driver working any harder when the bus/train is full than when it is almost empty?
Which job/profession is the most valuable to the community?
Is it the brain surgeon, lawyer, architect, policeman, shop assistant, the worker at the re-cycling yard, the worker at the landfill site, the power station worker, the plumber, electrician, bus driver, paramedic, the office/factory cleaner, the teacher, the people who take away the rubbish that is produced, the farmer, the car mechanic, fireman, librarian, GP, nurse, the brewer, the factory worker, the bank clerk etc?
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I'm not saying go off profession, i'm saying go off quality of work. A good bus driver would reach the stops when he should I expect and not have any complaints against him. Obviously some jobs have less variation in the effort needed than others.
Public services should always be paid more than any ordinary job though, which I see as police, fire service, teachers, nurses, the government, solicitors, judges etc... things that we need in order to achieve our rights I guess.
You speak as if you have always had a minimum wage. I'm not suggesting a step back, I'm suggesting a step forward.
I'd rather be differentiated as a person and given my worth than be given what is worth to me as part of an entire workforce. Where is my appreciation and respect in treating me as a number, as a faceless body? Do I not have individual value as a human being?
Where is the equality in being given a wage that is represents nothing of your worth?