Minimum Wage

tonyexpress

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Minimum wage causing major loss

California recently became the first state to enact a $15 minimum wage, and the business community is stunned. Not by unions pursuing such an increase. They had a $15 initiative on the ballot this November in any event. Rather, the surprise was that California’s lawmakers were so anxious to avoid a popular vote on a measure that significantly reduces opportunities for working class Californians, the very individuals it was supposed to benefit.

In January of this year, Gov. Jerry Brown agreed, stating that raising “the minimum wage too much” would put “a lot of poor people out of work.” His conclusion: “There won’t be a lot of jobs.”

Passing the bill without a popular vote avoided the risk of a loss in left-leaning California that would have had national implications for the initiative’s main sponsor, the Service Employees International Union, a major source of campaign financing for Democrats.

Brown did get one notable concession. For the last two years of his term, California’s minimum wage will increase just 50 cents a year. For the next governor, it will increase $1 per year for each of the next four years. So, it will fall on Gov. Brown’s successor to deal with the fact that, to quote Gov. Brown, “there will be a lot of poor people out of work.”
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy
Bring back those great social working gov't jobs that FDR had .
They could be used to repair & replace all those public works projects from the 30's .
 

MAKAVELI

Well-Known Member
Minimum wage causing major loss

California recently became the first state to enact a $15 minimum wage, and the business community is stunned. Not by unions pursuing such an increase. They had a $15 initiative on the ballot this November in any event. Rather, the surprise was that California’s lawmakers were so anxious to avoid a popular vote on a measure that significantly reduces opportunities for working class Californians, the very individuals it was supposed to benefit.

In January of this year, Gov. Jerry Brown agreed, stating that raising “the minimum wage too much” would put “a lot of poor people out of work.” His conclusion: “There won’t be a lot of jobs.”

Passing the bill without a popular vote avoided the risk of a loss in left-leaning California that would have had national implications for the initiative’s main sponsor, the Service Employees International Union, a major source of campaign financing for Democrats.

Brown did get one notable concession. For the last two years of his term, California’s minimum wage will increase just 50 cents a year. For the next governor, it will increase $1 per year for each of the next four years. So, it will fall on Gov. Brown’s successor to deal with the fact that, to quote Gov. Brown, “there will be a lot of poor people out of work.”
Let's eliminate the minimum wage and bring all those jobs back from China, India and the South Pacific.;)
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy
I wish it was that simple .
But all those trade agreements stated that we would make capital investments within those countries .
You know to improve their citizen's quality of life .
 

rickyb

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Babagounj

Strength through joy
rickyb, have you heard of the strike at Harvard University Dining Services ?
They are out there protesting that all get that $15/hr wage while they make $22/hr.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
I'm glad Cali always tries out all the edgy stuff first.
I personally agree with a $15 min wage.
Privileged people don't deserve all the cheap services and food they are getting now.
 

rickyb

Well-Known Member
ok i read a different article on it from an unreputable news site:

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Workers are denied unemployment benefits because Harvard University is classified as a nonprofit. Adding insult to injury, these low wage workers are now being asked by Harvard’s administration to pay more for basic medical services, including preventative care.

After five laborious months of negotiations, Harvard’s dining hall workers have been on strike since October 5 to demand $35,000 a year and to be able to take their kids to the doctor without fear. This is the first time dining hall workers have walked out of negotiations, and the first strike of any kind at Harvard since 1983."

btw harvard is filthy rich and it is a welfare queen because it pays NO taxes even though it recieves tax services like fire dept, police, etc. this means that someone else has to make up for the taxes that harvard doesnt pay. this is one of richard wolffs arguments. btw i think it was yale who pays no taxes, and is amongst a very poor city.
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy
Harvard has it's own Police Dept.
They have rumored about give or take $37B .
They also have too many grads in this current administration and Congress .
 

Babagounj

Strength through joy
Please give us a report on all the cities that have already gone to min $15/hr.
I'd love to hear how the program is working out .
 
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