Tomorrow I’m participating in First Gen American’s Coffee Talk, so I didn’t want to do a big post tonight. Instead, I’m stealing an idea from the brilliant Jana at Daily Money $hot and posting a “money tune”. Not only is this song about money, this is a video done by one my absolute favorite local bands, the BOWI Band.

The moral of the story is- don’t believe the coal board (or your bosses) when they say you’ll get a pound a week rise if the output meets a certain point (ie you’ll get your raise when metrics are met). If you’re not getting fair pay now, what makes you think you’ll get fair pay later? Remember to negotiate first! (Okay, that may not be the moral of the story, but it’s still good advice.)