seeCseas@lemmy.worldM to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 год назадThis machine was a stroke of geniusi.imgur.comimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageThis machine was a stroke of geniusi.imgur.comseeCseas@lemmy.worldM to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 1 год назадmessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarecorm@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 год назадdidn’t it though? It’s like $15 here in portland
minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 год назадStates can have their own laws, but the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 for 14 years now.
minus-squareAffectadore@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 год назадMississippi CoL is a far cry from NYC
minus-squareRagnell@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 год назадA big problem because it means a federal worker in NYC gets as much as a federal worker in Mississippi. That it hasn’t changed for 20 years suggests both are underpaid, but the NYC worker has definitely got to get another job.
didn’t it though? It’s like $15 here in portland
States can have their own laws, but the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 for 14 years now.
Mississippi CoL is a far cry from NYC
A big problem because it means a federal worker in NYC gets as much as a federal worker in Mississippi. That it hasn’t changed for 20 years suggests both are underpaid, but the NYC worker has definitely got to get another job.