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Yoshi:
The other point about the italian problem here is that we dont know how much they are paying their workers. 

They put in a certain price for the job and as such they have to take into account the cost of labour.  Now i dont know how much they are paying their workforce but it must be alot less than our people would take otherwise they would have used british workforce.

Now this is the thing, the british workforce in the building trades dont want to work for a lower wage, they want the wage they have been getting or they wont do anything at all (i dont mean all obviously as there are exceptions to the rule).

If we wanted british workers then Total should have chosen a british company to do the work.

V8MoneyPit:
All true, and well put I might add.

I can't help thinking that the 'local' workers would not do the job for the same wages as the imported labour. If we impose restrictions on imported labour so that companies are forced to pay higher wage bills, the country becomes even less competitive in the international market and our economy plummets even further into the murky depths.

I fully appreciate that finding a balance is not easy and, much as I don't like our current government, I don't envy them their task. The only thing I would say is that a blanket ban on imported labour would be commercial and economic suicide in the current climate.

Chris Putt:
As I said above, its market forces, and until people accept that there are jobs that are minimum wage and just get on with them OF COURSE the will get filled by those who cant earn that amount elsewhere. In one respect I think it is excellent because it enhances cultural diversity, but I object to my taxes paying for people who simply do not want to work to sit on their arses all day.

It does quite annoy me the fact that my Girlfriend, despite being very intelligent, having a degree and being a skilled climbing instructor cannot find a job on the south coast doing ANYTHING, let alone being able to get a job in the outdoor industry.

Chris

Hightower:
The problem is that it's too easy for UK workers to just turn down lower paid jobs and still get money from the dole, benefits etc.  The attitude is why work when I can get the same doing nothing?  It laziness and greed, nothing else.

The sooner they reform the welfare system to stop this happening the better in my opinion.

Bishops Finger:
Shoot doleys IMHO...

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