Living on minimum

May 8, 2017 5:44 AM

Star2.com investigates if minimum wage policies in Asia are enough to protect vulnerable workers. Journalists from Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines attempt to live on the local minimum wage. Also includes video diaries from minimum wage workers in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Pakistan Thailand and the Philippines to show their daily lives.
posted by roolya_boolya (3 comments total)

I've got this opened on my phone and laptop to work through slowly - it's a big series! Thanks for posting this, I'd have missed it completely as Star2.com is generally invisible over here.
posted by dorothyisunderwood at 8:30 PM on May 8, 2017 [1 favorite]

Many Filipinos would be overjoyed to earn the minimum wage. I know some making about 2$/day versus the regional minimum wage of about 6-7$.
posted by joelr at 8:02 AM on May 9, 2017 [1 favorite]

Just coming back here to thank you for posting this, as it takes me a while to watch vidoes, I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.
The stories sit well with my own experiences in the countries I have visited, so I think it is a pretty accurate insight into day-to-day life.
Really good post.
posted by bystander at 4:55 AM on May 14, 2017 [1 favorite]