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Read it again.

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If the girl in the Philippines was paid the same as a UK worker she wouldn't have a job.

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Never said she should be paid the same as UK workers.

People really have lost the ability to read and comprehend language.

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@A-Unique-Nickname said
Never said she should be paid the same as UK workers.

People really have lost the ability to read and comprehend language.
I know that for business the cheaper you can get the labor the more profit the business owner makes, also any shareholders which may be involved so I can see it from that side. I understand what you are saying though, it isn't really fair. The world is like that though.

-VR

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@A-Unique-Nickname said
Recently saw an article about P&O paying staff around £5 an hour on international waters, even though it's a UK company and the ferries were sometimes going to and from the UK. The minimum wage in the UK is just over £11 currently, less than half. The ceo of P&O however has a wage of 320k a year and was paid a bonus last year bring his yearly wage up to half a milli ...[text shortened]... e dealing with customers from those countries like the girl from the Philippines working for Virgin?
There is an international union for transport workers called the ITF. They have been trying to get fair wages for seafarers for over 100 years and have failed due to the complexities involved.

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I never said the person in the Philippines should get the UK minimum wage.

Your entire reply is based on something I didn't say. I suggest reading my post again, slowly.

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I didn't say they should.

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@A-Unique-Nickname said
I didn't say they should.
Trev old buddy, you would better off talking to a wall my old chap. He loves the ATTENTION be it good or bad.

-VR

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