Quote Originally Posted by BigFatPie View Post
I agree with this sentiment. How do you think we can make it happen in reality? Higher rates of union membership have been proved to raise the wages and terms and conditions of lower paid workers, so I presume you’d go along with that?
I get where he is coming from, but ...

There is no way that higher paid workers would take a pay reduction, so the only way to close the gap would be to considerably raise pay for the lower paid workers. But the problem then is that the gaps between various groups will close, and the next group up will want considerably more and so it would go on, until you reach the top earners and they will want to keep the gap.

Or do you keep the middle earners where they are and increase those below and reduce those above?

It's not only about what you earn, pensions, house and car etc you could afford would all be affected.

Oh - before anyone says I am looking for reasons not to do that because it would mean me taking a reduction ...... I'd be in those getting an increase!