gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoMore than 20 states are increasing their minimum wages, with Washington becoming the first to exceed $17 an hoursan.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1251arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·4 days 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-up3·3 days ago$17 * 40h / wk * 52 wk / yr = $35,360/yr. Yikes.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI think they expect you to work two or three jobs, so you total 60 hours per week
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.
I think they expect you to work two or three jobs, so you total 60 hours per week
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