(11 Mar 2015, 4:59 pm)Cock Robin wrote Why is it not right? The alternative is to pay higher wages and lose the work to a competitor. Everyone is paid at least the minimum wage, and no-one is forced to work there.
There's a rate for the job, and everyone should be paid the same or be on the same pay scales. That's what collective bargaining is about. It shouldn't matter if you're driving a commercial service or a contracted service.
Companies may tell you that's the only alternative, but of course won't touch upon profit or management bonus schemes. When 'operational efficiencies' need to be made, it always seems to come down to those on the ground to make up the slack.