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WATCH: Union boss calls out the media in fiery clash with Kay Burley

"You just parrot lines from employers and parrot lines from the government," Eddie Dempsey said.

Joseph Connor by Joseph Connor
2022-12-01 10:43
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Ministers have come under fire for their refusal to engage in negotiations with unions after business secretary Grant Shapps claimed that doing so would trigger a “spiral” of wage inflation.

Eddie Dempsey, assistant general secretary of the RMT, which covers the transport sector, rubbished that argument.

“This idea that there’s going to be a wage spiral is nonsense because wages have been falling as a share of wealth in this country – what goes to wages and what goes to profits,” he said.

Dempsey said that now, wages only account for around 8% to 12% of unit costs.

“There was a study done by the Bank of England… about the risk of wage-induced inflation across Western economies.

“They said wages right now represent no risk or actually negative figures, so they’re part of deflationary figures because people have got less money.

“I don’t think they’re actually worried about a wage price spiral. What they’re worried about is a shift in class power. They’re worried about trade unions and ordinary working people having the ability to bargain for better wages. That’s what they’re worried about.”

In response to Kay Burley’s “general question” on whether they were losing support from the people, Dempsey said the media was just “parroting phrases handed to them.”

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