#BTColumn – Minimum wage blunder Article by December 18, 2020 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today. by Dr Derek Alleyne It was predictable that Prime Minister Mottley would have jumped on what she calls opposition to her promise to have basic wage legislation by April. It has become part of the course to expect any voice dissenting from her dictates to receive some hasty, usually off point, response. Ms Mottley finds it unbelievable that anyone would oppose the setting of a basic wage, and no matter how I searched no evidence of opposition to the basic wage was found.