• Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Make the minimum 125% of cost of living

    Do the math for a 32 hour workweek to meet this criteria and make it so you have to include healthcare benefits proportional to the hours worked.

    Ironically the company I work for would go under if they had to pay a living wage like this to the workers. We pay minimum wage in our state to close to 400 workers, almost all of whom cannot speak English today. It’s miserable manufacturing work but 100% required, the product is positive to humanity and can’t possibly be outsourced. Can be better automated though, which should be done.