
Wages: Where is Britain in the Global Race?
International Labour Organisation data shows that over the course of 2007-2011 British workers suffered the largest falls in real wages (wages after taking into account price rises) of any G7 economy. Whilst workers in many countries saw their real terms pay rise, real wages fell heavily in the UK adding to an unprecedented squeeze in living standards.
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Craig M
Mar 7th 2013, 9:50 am
This is a useful infographic but where are the actual stats from that explain and back it up.
Duncan Weldon
Mar 7th 2013, 9:52 am
Hi Craig,
All data is from the the ILO:
http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-wage-report/2012/lang–en/index.htm
Jane lennie
Mar 7th 2013, 12:01 pm
Good to see the reality, even if it is depressing.