gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMore than 20 states are increasing their minimum wages, with Washington becoming the first to exceed $17 an hoursan.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months 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-up3·6 months ago$17 * 40h / wk * 52 wk / yr = $35,360/yr. Yikes.
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI think they expect you to work two or three jobs, so you total 60 hours per week
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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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