gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoMore than 20 states are increasing their minimum wages, with Washington becoming the first to exceed $17 an hoursan.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkMore than 20 states are increasing their minimum wages, with Washington becoming the first to exceed $17 an hoursan.comgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 hours agoHardly. That’s a minimum that’s still insufficient. We need to abolish the wage system.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·9 hours ago2/3 of the US states still adhere to $7 an hour, so I respectfully disagree. Though I am on board with raising it further, and tying it to cost-of-living, so employers can’t game the system and ratchet up inflation in response.
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours ago$17 * 40h / wk * 52 wk / yr = $35,360/yr. Yikes.
Hardly. That’s a minimum that’s still insufficient.
We need to abolish the wage system.
2/3 of the US states still adhere to $7 an hour, so I respectfully disagree.
Though I am on board with raising it further, and tying it to cost-of-living, so employers can’t game the system and ratchet up inflation in response.
$17 * 40h / wk * 52 wk / yr = $35,360/yr. Yikes.