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11 June 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

“Growth without wage gains just creates more unsustainable debt”

Business quote of the day.

By Helen Roxburgh

“The years running up to the crash taught us that growth without wage gains just creates more unsustainable debt”
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady says government and employers need to recognise the important of “decent wages” in building economic growth. The union organisation said total pay has shrunk by more than 10 per cent in the UK since the start of the downturn.

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