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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

WHEN IS A PAY BOARD LIKE AN

Red Weekly No. 60, 11 July 1974 · p. 8 of the scan · 240 words

The scan: rw-no60-jul-11-1974.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 8 of the scan

Board has been toiling away over its London Weighting Allowance герот:.

The Pay Board Had an impossible ioh to work out proposal that could stave off The Board argues that it is not setting cut to solve the problers of labour shortage in London, but simply to prowi0e cos compensation to London wer kurs to make up for the fact that the saltie wage buys less in Landon dian cloAs The Board says:.. London Welching on les basis will help to sohe those bahaur supply probicais arising from differences in real earnings... In other words, what they ere offerine is onle niriction of the wage mercises mat wous be Doodle Ic raid meet London's labour problems.

But should vest compensaton be based on how much extra the same srandard of living costs in Landon as compared with elsew berette cost approach? Ot on hoe mach extra many of our student readers will now be getting jobs, and so can perhaps afford to dig a little deeper in their pockets to help out their paper. Come on now - let's see that money rolling in this Our thanks for contributions this week go to: London ING -£13.10; K. Dovaston - E5; Reading IMG - E5; J. Taylor - E3; Leeds IMG - £1.30; E. Simpson - E1: W.Petryshn - £1; 'Sympathiser" -Send all money to: Red Weekly Fund Drive, 97 Caledonian Road, Londoners spend on the various items in

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