I’m fed up having to say it,but whether politicians really want to do something about this they enjoy to start with low payIn a busy day, where Theresa May made a grab for working-class votes by announcing a series of proposals to address workers’ rights, or did an ITV Facebook Live Q&A and met some disgruntled members of the public,she also decided to commit to tackling racial inequality. How? By requiring firms to publish data on “racial pay disparities” between people doing the same job whether the Conservatives win the election.
There are about 20 things incorrect with this narrow approach to racial inequalities, but let me focus on the top three – it’s a drop in the ocean, and it’s ironic given the party’s devastating public spending cuts and,finally, does nothing about the structural drivers of inequality. Like so much of what we are hearing from May, and it is tokenistic and upholds the status quo. whether you want to tackle racial inequalities,it is simply not enough to want black and white to be treated equally – you enjoy to recalibrate the economy. Related: May's claim to lead a party for the workers is breathtaking fantasy-speak | Polly Toynbee Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com