I think minimum wage is too low, Even if we work for 1 hour, we earn only about 4 dollars, but according to Bigmac index, when you have BigMac , it's not enough to buy a BigMac set in korea, many of people set up a labor union. holding a demonstration against company, they are on strike, the government have to intervene between companies and labor union and help them negotiate as a mediator. because they have different point of view. If labor union are on strike , not only companies are damaged but consumers.
In my opinion, companies discriminate casual job, those who have casual job earn lower wage than regular job. gab is very big. worker who have casual job usually earn minimum wage. No matter how hard they work , they can't accumulate money. they mustn't be satisfied with their life. and if they have debts, they won't be able to repay debts they owe from bank. and they will go bankrupt. middle class turn into poor class therefore, infrastructure will be going down due to high inflation, it's hard to become middle class or upper class from poor class in korea.
that's why Companies have to raise their minimum wage. most of them are second-class citizen.
on the other hand we also have to consider companies's stance. if you become a owner of restaurant, you also have to give money to worker. you also want to save money. if manpower is very expensive , it will be hard to run your own restaurant.
Although it has some problem, i'm for raising a minimum wage much more than now. workers have right to work happy. they wish their happy future.
Yes, I also think that the regulation of minimum wage is for poor or middle class's workers. Nowadays, a hundred crimes are increasing because of the gap of rich and poor. If you visit my blog, http://wce9parkseulgi9313.blogspot.com, you can check that Korean minimum wage is the lowest among OECE-21 nations, but our GDP is becoming higher. So I think our government should make a harmony between GDP and minimum wage. The government has a duty that protects the happiness of the nation.
답글삭제I think so. Minimum wage has to be rised. Beacuse anyone has right to live happy life.
답글삭제People lived in korea are hard to live in korea. So, Korean have trend to win other people.
I think people of all classes in korea efface this trend And help everyone as well as poor people.
I think our minimum wage is lower than other nations. So I agree with your opinion.
답글삭제The government should protect our lives and I think we cannot satisfy our lives if we earn only minimum wage.
Also, this mimimum wage cannot make Korea powerful nation.
I wasn't aware that Korea's minimum wage is the lowest amongst OECE-21 nations...I have quite a different point of view, but after reading a few blogs and listening to other peoples' opinion, I guess the minimum should be increased.
답글삭제The labor side, especially manual workers, suffered from economic problems. Workeres usually staged a demonstration against their company. I can understand company's position, too. As you said, they have to save money and earn money as much money as possible. But given Korea's economic condtion, minumum wage is too low I think.
답글삭제yeah minimum wage is for the people whose basic needs are directly affected by their income. As it is our government that controls it, and it is us who should be the owner of our own government......let's vote, carefully...
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