42 years minimum wage battle in Iran
Abbas Goya February 2021 What should be the selling price of the worker's labor power? The answer to this question has been the subject of debate between workers and employers for the past few centuries. There is no magic formula for determining the worker's wage, what there is is a balance of power, to the extent that the worker can realize their power, they can demand a wage rate from the owner of capital that is consistent with a decent life. In this regard, there are achievements that I will mention below. The minimum wage is the bourgeois formula for determining the wage rate. The minimum wage model has unfortunately been accepted even by a significant segment of socialist labor activists as the ultimate formula for determining wages. It is necessary to pause for a moment about the concept of minimum wage itself. Minimum wage[1] refers to the wage with which the wage earner can meet his subsistence costs, that is, his minimum living conditions. The minimum wage is the exc...