Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Greg Caffrey:
When I organised workers to better their pay and conditions in the filling stations I worked in, we were branded as agitators who wanted to go out on strike for the sake of doing it. I was the assistant manager there. I wanted those working with me to be happy and comfortable in their jobs. We are not about trying to tear down companies. We are trying to make life for workers in their employments better. Unfortunately, that comes down to pay. We talked about the mental health impacts of it. It is ridiculous to say trade unionists want to tear down these employments. We want workers to be in work and earn a wage, particularly now with the cost-of-living crisis. That is one of the-----