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Are you saying that the overseas workers are being paid less than the minimum wage
No, I'm saying that they worked for less than a British worker would have worked for across the spectrum of wages, now that does not mean less than minimum wages (though I'm sure a few would have done).
But regardless of the wage band a British worker traditionally fell into the foreigner workers would have done the job for less and still felt they were far better off than in their own low paid country of origin..after all your not seeing migrants from other nations who are used to enjoying higher wages and living conditions such as germany or france..no, your seeing the polish, Latvian and Romanian types more used to low wages lower living standards coming over here and undercutting our wages at every level and salary tier.
Would you be happy if your profits took a nose dive because your opposition paid lower wages than you simply because they used eastern european drivers who were quite happy to work for less than you pay your drivers irrespective of where your drivers may come from and in doing so reduced their prices making your firm uncompetitive to the point of losing clients ?
Like I say, it was Unscrupulous employers that created the problem and it is still these same employers bemoaning and falsely perceiving a shortage of low paid Eastern European lackeys that will work for their miserable wages in the future...pay peanuts get monkeys.