Value of labour
Sir,—Replying to Jill Wilcox (January 25) and S. Bernstein (January 30), first, I would never attempt to put a value on people; my comments refer only to jobs. When a doctor mows his lawn he is working, not as a qualified professional but as a labourer, and the value of that job should be assessed on that basis. Second, although “society needs all work done,” not all of society has invested time and effort in acquiring the skills needed to do some of that work. Those who have should surely be rewarded, indeed compensated, for that effort. All jobs, it is true, contain some degree of skill, and therefore entitle the worker to a corresponding degree of reward.—Yours, etc., KEITH WIGNALL. January 30, 1984.
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Press, 31 January 1984, Page 18
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