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sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 14 days ago

Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore

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Minimum wage isn't survivable anymore

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 14 days ago
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    13 days ago

    You couldn’t be more wrong. I make less than I made 25 years ago, and I’m not even close to minimum. Jobs around me mostly hire at $11-12. Maybe $16 if you’re a welder or something.

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      Lmao fucking what. McDonald’s starts at $18.

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        13 days ago

        McDonalds isn’t the minimum.
        McDonalds starts higher than the minimum, because even they know the minimum is too low.

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          13 days ago

          McDonald’s is literally right at the bottom. “Doesn’t even compete with fast food” is a bar in hell.

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            13 days ago

            It is indeed
            And the minimum is still even lower than that

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              Sorry I was actually wrong.

              McDonald’s starts at $19.29. Because that’s the minimum wage where I am.

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                $19.29 is in Denver, CO
                McDonald’s in Denver pays $20.08

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                  13 days ago

                  There you go. Even higher lol.

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                    13 days ago

                    Yah. That’s what we keep telling you.
                    McDonalds pays more than the minimum wage.
                    You’re the one who keeps saying McDonalds IS the minimum.

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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