Hoteliers begin minimum wage challenge

From Irish Times

The Irish Hotels Federation and a Co Clare hotelier will today begin a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the fixing of a statutory minimum wage for some staff.

The action is being brought by by Vaughan Lodge Ltd, which operates the Vaughan Lodge in Lahinch; Michael Vaughan; and the Irish Hotels Federation against the Hotels Joint Labour Committee (JLC), the Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General.

The challenge is to the decision of the Labour Court of November 5th, 2007, approving proposals of the Hotels JLC for a minimum wage for some 25,000 staff in a large number of hotel businesses, and fixing those minimum rates.

The rate fixed is higher than that applied to staff working in hotel premises in Dublin, Dún Laoghaire and Cork city.

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What a fantastic idea! But why stop there Gordon?

Gordon "The Dandy Highwayman" Brown
Fuck the poor lets eat Swans!

Son of the Manse, as we are constantly told, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has struck upon a great idea to... well actually I don't know why he is doing it. But he plans to reduce the minimum wage in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the north east of England. That would be everywhere except most of England. Fuck knows what the Geordie's have done to piss him off.

The minimum wage is currently set at the princely sum of £5.35! I know I know it's far too much! You should see the poor where I live, it's all Mercedes and BMW's. I myself have not one but 2 bicycles. Bourgeois bastard! You have to queue for caviar and don't even think about trying to get a decent bottle of bubbly unless you order in advance.

But seriously, what? Reduce the minimum wage? Make it smaller? Less money? Jesus Gordon if you are going to reduce it from £5.35 why not just do away with it all together you fat greedy hypocrite. By taking money out of the hands of those of us on the bottom run of the wage ladder you are effectively putting it back into the hands of the very rich. Like some sort of twisted Robin Hood.

But why stop there Gordon? Why not put our income tax up too? Or whilst your at it if you fancy a bit of "blue sky thinking" why not force us to clean the gardens of the rich or wash their cars, voluntary of course! When wages in the North of Ireland are 16% lower than the rest of the UK it makes great sense to help lower this. Fingers crossed we can get it down to 20% lower than the rest of the country next year. And it's not just the wages Gordon that could be reduced. Here are some other figures for you peruse whilst you rub yourself with Fillet Mignon. There are 350,000 people living in income poverty in Northern Ireland, lets get that up to a nice round half million. There are 100,000 children living in income poverty in Northern Ireland, spoilt bastards lets get that number up and whilst you are at it take their PlayStation off them too. There are 50,000 pensioners living in income poverty in Northern Ireland. Come on Gordon that's easy, lets just turn their heat off!

Gordon Brown you sir are a cunt for even thinking this out loud.

"...from man to pig and from pig back to man, they find that they are unable to tell the difference."

Socialist my arse.