Two of my brothers both work for Royal Mail and have done since leaving school. They were never going to get above min wage so it suited them - they choose the shifts they do - one does the early and then sits around for the rest of the day doing nothing. He could do allsorts of overtime or other jobs that would get him higher allowances but chooses not to cause he can't be arsed. The other one does a bit of a better role and takes avantage of his shifts by spending lots of time in the pub before going home to his wife and 3 kids and 2 bed home. They both went on strike and I couldn't understand it cause they choose to work there as what they do is minumum amount of work needed so why do they deservemore money than the woman I know that has 3 cleaning jobs working her fingers to the bone whilst studying for nvqs that will allow her to go into business mgt.
There are lots of jobs that involve low or minimum wage - they do not all go on strike. These type of jobs are not always about childcare or the only thing people can do. My other brother chooses to wait in a restaurant for £5 an hour cause he has no qualifications but doesn't want to train up, can't be arsed to work in an office and building is too much hard work as well so do I sympathise with his low wages?? No I don't cause he chose it. I work my arse off part time whilst studying and juggling childcare - I do it to provide a better life for my family and it's worth it.
It's not that I don't agree with employee rights etc as I do but actually I believe people have a lot more choice about their lives than they give themselves credit for. I'd rather campaign for better money and rights for our NHS staff than postal workers - especially ours!!!!