John Prescott launches Wage Concern campaign to save Minimum Wage

John Prescott speaking to Labour Party members in Chesterfield on May 3 as he launches the Go Fouth's Wage Concern campaign to stop Tory plans to scrap the Minimum Wage.

On May 15 the Employment Opportunities Bill has its second reading in the House of Commons.

Proposed by senior Tory Christoper Chope MP and 11 other Conservative MPs, it will allow firms to effectively opt out of the minimum wage of £5.73 an hour and pay what they like.

The second part of the bill will force all public sector organisations to advertise their job vacancies externally, so that those outside the 'magic circle would have the freedom to compete for jobs on an equal basis.'

Christopher Chope told the House of Commons:

"It is about removing the barriers to work that have been introduced since the last recession. It is not only an essential supply-side measure; it is also a restoration of that basic human right—the right to work."

Tne Tory MPs backing the bill are:

Christopher Chope, Peter Bone, Philip Davies, Nigel Evans, Greg Knight, Edward Leigh, Ian Liddell-Grainger, Brian Binley, William Cash, Robert Syms and David Wilshire.

You can sign the petition to top this bill at www.wageconcern.com

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[RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF]

never forgive u for what u did 2 hans solo u bastard

[Ohyewildthong]

LOL! NMW is an idiotic thing!

[craigzomack]

Chope is my MP and he is great !

[mburdett1989]

Hmm, what many people will recall is that New Labour came to power in 1997 promising to be whiter than white. According to the Daily Telegraph, you Mr Prescott charged repair and installation of *two* toilet seats to the taxpayer. Good luck with the GoFourth campaign all the same, but remember how angry us voters really are.

[mbb05jb]

yes, he's the biggest hypocrite out there.

[mbb05jb]

the point i was trying to make was if i paid them £57.70, thats 10 hours work, when they would be blatently being doing more than that, that would be some how breaking the law, as they are not getting paid for 48 hours or whatever. if the person says thats not enough, fine, they can take go somewhere else where they can get more money. on the flip side, if i can't find people to do the job at that price, i would have to increase to wage. its unnnecesary redtape.

[hugoegbert79]

What you don't understand is that of this bill goes through, employers will be able to writee into people's contracts that "opting out" is part of their conditions of employment. It would be abused by employers so they can pay workers less. And this is about people housesitting. This applies to all workers currently working for the minimum wage, which would be vunerable to exploitation under these plans.

[ProzrachnyTeatr]

And WE have to expose JOHN PRESCOTT.

Meanwhile this fat New Labour CUNT was living in a GRACE-AND-FAVOUR *free* apartment in London and claiming fourr HUNDRED pounds of groceries per week FREE. And living there with his Mistress at the taxpayer's expense!! While his WIFE didn't know!!

FAT HYPOCRITICAL CUNT. Hope he dies of a heart attack - very soon!!

[mbb05jb]

john, what you don't understand is that there are some jobs that aren't worth£5.77 an hour. if i wanted to pay someone to house sit for the weekend, and pay them eg £57.70, they agree with it, why not let them. housesitting for a weekend is certainly not worth more than that.