| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| long time no see |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 18:31:46
They pay girls around 1p or 2p
for each Leader Paper they put through a door.
The Parents are very Angry with the Argus.
They say the pay is too low.
And want their kids to leave the Argus jobs.
Life In The City. |
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| Infinite Poppadum |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 22:56:11
If they deliver 350 copies an hour, that's £7 at 2p a copy. And many houses are probably flats - two or three copies at a time. And it must keep them in better shape than many teenagers. |
| Captain Hawkeye |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 21:50:42
From the BBC News website :
A group of schoolgirls from Sussex received just one penny per paper for their newspaper delivery round, half the amount they should have been paid.
This link opens the BBC News Player
http://tinyurl.com/yujvb7 |
| nightowl |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 21:43:15
The Argus teaching our kids the "work ethic", work for its own sake for very low pay.  |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 20:31:34
I don't know Daveb ... with third world child labour it is often the child's labour that keeps the family from starving. Delivering papers is not quite on a par with that I would have thought.
Then again, in principle the same holds I daresay ... We will buy jeans for £3.00 or 3 T-shirts for £7.50 (thereby effectively encouraging cheapest possible production costs) and by the same token, how much are we willing to pay to have our papers delivered? |
| Daveb |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 20:17:37
So is this on a par with third world child labour exploitation? |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 20:11:56
Minimum wage does not apply does it ... not before they get their NI card |
| Daveb |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 19:54:59
13 or 14 |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 19:50:30
I could be wrong of course but I do seem to recollect being told that there is a minimum age requirement for paper boys and girls |
| Daveb |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 19:47:15
Paper delivery boys & girls have always been exploited by offering this level of pay. Out in all weathers and the dark they deserve more, especially on a Sunday.
With all the health & safety laws I am surprised they let kids do this work. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 18:52:21
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
They only talked about the Girls,
since their mums are getting angry.
I was wondering you see ... maybe there is a case for sex discrimination as well as exploitation of the underage worker. |
| long time no see |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 18:47:12
They only talked about the Girls,
since their mums are getting angry. |
| Miriam Binder |
Posted - 07/01/2008 : 18:41:41
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see
They pay girls around 1p or 2p
for each Leader Paper they put through a door.
The Parents are very Angry with the Argus.
They say the pay is too low.
And want their kids to leave the Argus jobs.
Life In The City.
And what do they pay boys? |
