NationStates Jolt Archive

Introduction of basic pay
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.


Category: Social Justice
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Daressalaam

Description: It is under my opinion that their should be three levels of pay, to help generate equality to socially and economically handicapped people, it could also stabilize the economic currency issues that have been forming as of late.

Suggested amounts per hour-
7.50- blue collar workers, jobs in small industry and like jobs
11.50- Health, Military and human welfare jobs
20.00- Leading officers,CEO's,CFO,s president/leader and public safety advisors.

Custum Variance 20-30 -for Actors and people whos income is on grants or private based

Approvals: 2 (New Alboria, Ventei)

Status: Lacking Support (requires 103 more approvals)

Voting Ends: Sun Jan 27 2008

OOC:
No. Have you considered that we don't all have the same monetary system? If we're talking Real World, 7.50 Yen an hour is a far cry from 7.50 Pounds Sterling an hour. For that reason alone, this'll go nowhere.
Note as well that you can't specify currency without getting either a branding violation or a RW violation.

Not to mention it violates UN Fair Wage Convention. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12006676&postcount=188)

On top of the monetary system and legality issues, even if those factors weren't in play, the amounts specified would actually result in a massive number of Altanari workers seeing a significant drop in their wages, as we already mandate a 9.00 per hour minimum wage. Blue collar workers would see their wages possibly drop to the 7.50 per hour specified in this proposal, which would be a big economic setback for them. (Granted, the amounts are only "suggested", but I can see many employers saying "hey, if it's good enough for the UN, it's good enough for us", and pushing our government to drop the minimum wage.)

I'm also not sure what the whole "Custum Variance 20-30 -for Actors and people whos income is on grants or private based" is all about. Why do actors get a special break? And what's the deal with "grants or private based"?

Best leave the decision on what a minimum wage should be to the individual nations, I'd think.

Ikir Askanabath, temporarily voteless ambassador