LA considers raising minimum wage for some construction workers — possibly up to $32.35 an hour

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• Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Separate minimum wages doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Especially when it’s so hyper specific:

  minimum wage that would apply to construction workers on any housing project with 10 or more units and a height of up to 85 feet

  So we’re incentivizing smaller buildings, which is the exact opposite of what we need. Large, single-family homes being the only housing allowed in large swaths of cities is what got us the housing crisis. Now we’re incentivizing them even more?

  Construction workers currently earn a median wage of $18 per hour in L.A. and frequently face wage theft

  The fact they’re nearly doubling the prevailing wage for construction on apartment buildings, without addressing wage theft makes it abundantly clear this bill is about disincentivizing dense housing

  It’s just a bill to further inflate housing prices dressed up as helping workers. The main group that will benefit from this is wealthy landlords

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