| Mr Khan said: Yes, but if everyone is that much more productive at entry level work, they deserve to be further rewarded. Higher productivity should command higher wages, because that's what is both fair and expected. |
That's entirely without context. The increase in productivity is a result of streamlined business operations which have been studied over decades to reduce the waste of time and energy needed to complete the duties of each employee. The skillset required to accomplish their duties has been greatly reduced. The skillset of an entry level fast food worker from the 1950's compared to one in 2013 has actually decreased considerably as well. So, if your argument that because increased productivity should be justification of a wage increase whereas the work as a unit has less marketable skills than one 70 years ago and in fact all the productivity gains are from a business process stand point. I wholeheartedly disagree.
Plus, whenever there is a discussion of fairness or what someone deserves it is no longer a discussion on what is right and equitable. Anyone can justify anything under the sun under the false premise of fairness.
