George Osborne may be feeling quite pleased with himself when he gets up to address the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. The self-styled poster boy of post-crash recovery will no doubt boast of Britain’s return to growth and rising employment. But one uncomfortable fact that he and other politicians here are unlikely to mention is the continuing slide in the share of global wealth going on wages.
I’m in Davos too, as part of a small delegation of trade union leaders from around the world. We may be in a minority here among the heads of state and titans of finance, but we speak for the majority of the world – the 99 per cent. And just as the TUC has argued that Britain needs a pay rise, we are arguing in Davos that the world needs a pay rise too.
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