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Protests against sub-minimum wage being held outside Dáil today
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There's a call for lower minimum wage rates for young workers to be abolished.
Mandate Trade Union is holding a protest outside the Dail today, calling on government to end sub-minimum wages.
The Low Pay Commission has also recommended removing the ability for employers to pay those under 20 different rates to older staff.
Youth activist Adam Ó Ceallaigh, who recently ran for the Green Party in Ballinamore in the local elections, says the argument that older people have more financial burdens is not fair.
2860 episodes
Manage episode 424388299 series 2576057
There's a call for lower minimum wage rates for young workers to be abolished.
Mandate Trade Union is holding a protest outside the Dail today, calling on government to end sub-minimum wages.
The Low Pay Commission has also recommended removing the ability for employers to pay those under 20 different rates to older staff.
Youth activist Adam Ó Ceallaigh, who recently ran for the Green Party in Ballinamore in the local elections, says the argument that older people have more financial burdens is not fair.
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