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STINGY bosses can “well afford” to raise the minimum wage by more than a “meagre” 50p, Britain’s largest trade union said yesterday.
As the latest rate of £6.70 came into force, six months before the government’s phoney £7.20 “living” wage hits the balance sheets, Unite leader Len McCluskey said it should rise by £1.50-an-hour instead.
“Not only can Britain well afford to be more generous for the lowest paid, but with the relentless Tory attacks on working tax credits looming in April next year, people will need more cash in their pockets,” he said.
“Britain is the fifth largest economy in the world and we can be more generous in terms of pay.”
He welcomed the fact that his union’s policies were now getting a hearing from the Labour leadership.
