Voters to consider raising minimum wage to $18 with Proposition 32
abc7.com
Californians will take their wages into their own hands at the ballot box in November as they vote on Proposition 32.
  • Jesus@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 months ago

    I don’t know why we don’t just peg minimum wage to inflation or county cost of living metrics. Fighting over this every few years is dumb.

    • usernamesAreTricky
      2·
      2 months ago

      Since 2023, it is tied to the CPI-W in California. Other blue states are stating to do the same

      It makes pushes to raise it further like this a bit more meaningful in the long run too

    • GiddyGap@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 months ago

      Same reason why there’s a flight over the debt ceiling every few months. Hawks want the fight so they throw the economy into turmoil to get it their way.

  • Zier@fedia.io
    4·
    2 months ago

    $25/hr would be correct for one of the top 10 richest nations on the globe. And tax the rich!

    • usernamesAreTricky
      3·
      2 months ago

      Though California minimum wage is tied to inflation now (since 2023) so it’d be able to be built upon without losing ground in the meantime

      • anticolonialist@lemmy.world
        15·
        2 months ago

        They are still about $18hr off the mark. Starting with such a disparaging margin they will never have a livable wage