Submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
I’m a skilled worker at a tiny business that would collapse without me and I hate it here. I make $30/hr, full time, and the company refuses to give me health insurance.
In the event (extremely unlikely, let’s face it, this country is hell) such a bill passed, I would leave this hole THAT DAY with joy in my heart and absolutely NO notice.
Alternative for you, stay on keep coming in but stop working, actually spend that time at work applying to new jobs. Do this until you are confronted. Then tell them you need your pay doubled to continue working. They will probably fire you but you will get paid time for all of your job applications and a chance to fuck with the owner. 🤷
I don’t know if I’ll do that, but knowing someone thinks I’m worth something is appreciated. Hope you have a fantastic weekend.
Damn if Satan was anticapitalist it would be you
I think you’re getting the point a lot of Americans miss. Raising the minimum wage helps everybody and gives you the freedom to leave a job you hate. It also gives you more bargaining power. If you can leave your job for a minimum wage job and your take home pay barely changes, they’re gonna have to figure out a way to pay you more to keep you
Living wage, tied to gdp and inflation, otherwise quit wasting everyone’s time. We all know an employer will pay the least legally possible if they can get away with it.
“Bill introduced in Senate that will definitely fail, but makes people feel good” is classic election bait.
introduced by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) on Thursday, in a bid to enthuse the working-class voters who have abandoned the Democratic Party.
Admittedly, this is the Bezos Home Journal running these stories, so it’s going to be the worst spin you can imagine. Also, it’s $25/hr by 2039 (+$5/hr the first year and +$1/hr after that), which is probably better than linking it to GDP/Inflation in an economy that’s on the brink of an ugly recession but only marginally so.
We all know an employer will pay the least legally possible if they can get away with it.
There’s already something of a soft wage floor in the US that’s been created by the high cost of living. You can’t find people who will work for $7/hr, because where would they even live? How would they feed themselves? That’s sub-poverty wages.
The issue with labor right now isn’t legal allotment but availability and talent. Boomers are exiting the labor pool, immigrants are shut out of the labor market, and the Millennials/GenAs aren’t sufficient to close the gap. Tariffs are closing off the possibility of cheap imports and rising energy prices make bulk transportation increasingly expensive. AI continues to be a pipe dream.
Employers are being backed into a corner. Which means the only path out is… prison labor. Not coincidentally, the US is investing extensively in detention camps and police batallions.
The issue with labor right now isn’t legal allotment but availability and talent. Boomers are exiting the labor pool, immigrants are shut out of the labor market, and the Millennials/GenAs aren’t sufficient to close the gap.
What is this pro-corporate drivel?
“Bill introduced in Senate that will definitely fail, but makes people feel good” is classic election bait.
Maybe, but it’s not a bad thing to make people go on record about these things.
That and I feel like it should also have some tie to each business. Like the top salary+benefits in your company can only be 10x the lowest or some ratio. 1,000,000,000 : 1 is WILD that we all just keep going along with that and it’s like, well yeah, the CEO works harder than you so he earns more.
He works a MILLION times harder than me? He works a BILLION times harder than me? Are you sure about that!? By what metrics?
For 401k there’s some sort of requirement preventing them from being too biased toward the most well off. I don’t know the details but it seems like a great place to start: apply similar to all forms of compensation and benefits
Any minimum wage bill not pegged to inflation is a stop gap at best.
We need a maximum wage.
This! No one should make more than 10x the companies lowest paid employee.
And a maximum wealth, in a way that prevents breaking it up yet still being accessible to a single person
In all honesty, while $25/hr would help so many people, it’s a HUGE trap!!! I’m all for a fed wage bump, but bear with me.
I’m not falling for this, this is obviously some sort of game that now all the sudden is a good idea??! Its been 17 fucking years, 12 of which were Democratic! Fucking scammers!
When the minimum wage has increased in the past, prices have not disproportionately increased. There have been small, short-term increases on some luxury goods, but that’s about it.
The idea that increasing the minimum wage will cause sudden price increases is a myth.
No you’re not listening. Small increases are fine and less disruptive. You’re talking about 19 States and 1 territory going from $7.25/hr to $25/hr.
If you look at 2007 – 2009, we had jumps of $.70 each year. Let’s be real, we had 12 years of Democrats in office during that time and 7 years of Republican, so neither are really “fighting” for us. Why do we still have a federal minimum wage of $7.25? Let’s look at inflation since 2009 (hint: 53.9%). Check the calculator, too. Sure, several states do in fact utilize a higher stat level minimum wage, but according to the NCSL, 20 states still rely on the federal minimum. If you keep the $.70 rate going, we could be at $19.15/hour, and let’s just say at a minimum we raised it $.50/year on average which puts us at $15.75. So, averaging out to $17.45. Really, I’d aim for $17.50/hr. It’s easier, more consistent, and honestly, probably still a little low. But also, why now and why so much of an increase?! Isn’t that the slightest but suspicious???
Remember after Covid, inflation was getting out of hand and the whole “nobody wants to work” bullshit?? Well, wages increased in a lot of places to lure employees, but it hurt small businesses really bad because their margins are smaller so prices raised more to compensate. The 3% convenience fee also became popular in card transactions to avoid eating those costs too. So, in a society where using plastic has become king for the middle and lower classes, we’re punished with higher prices unless we switch back to cash? Prices will ABSOLUTELY soar. Businesses, especially smaller ones will ABSOLUTELY close due to being unable to stay profitable. This IS NOT good.
Democrats can not be trusted
Good luck
wont help in if you are stuck in HCOL, or maybe MCOl. helps more in LCOL states which are almost always GOP controlled.
BrickEater@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yaaaay a bill that’ll go nowhere and die on the floor, just so the dems can claim they’re trying to help to proles.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Write the bills ahead of time, so that when a favourable Congress is formed you don’t have to spend more time putting it together from scratch.
Min wage should also be attached to inflation. Also, “bills going nowhere” didn’t stop Project 2025, Heritage Foundation fascists and Republican abortion ban projects from persistently marching forward.
TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Minimum wage means nothing without a Maximum wage. Business owners will never give themselves a pay cut to give you a pay raise. They’ll pass it on to the consumer and then we’ll be right back to the beginning again. You also need to put an end to Capital Gains tax dodging through loans and stock buybacks. The Wealthy are using it as “free money” glitch and that’s what’s driving up inflation more than anything.
Maeve@kbin.earth 1 week ago
Because Democrats are on the same team as Republicans, and it's not ours. And we're just as ineffective, consumed by inertia.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Less minimum wage should be tied to inflation, more minimum wage should be tied to congressional salary. (Some multiplier, because they do need to live in two places)
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Who is “you”? I don’t think the democrats are here. They don’t give a shit.
mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 day ago
War is peace.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 week ago
Well, I’d prefer they do something just to say they’re trying than the usual tactic of not even trying because they’ve already decided they don’t have enough votes.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
PR to get votes.
Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Exactly the reason that this is the perfect time to introduce this bill! Let’s go Democrats! /s