seeCseas@lemmy.worldM to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThis machine was a stroke of geniusi.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkThis machine was a stroke of geniusi.imgur.comseeCseas@lemmy.worldM to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarecorm@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agodidn’t it though? It’s like $15 here in portland
minus-squaresab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoStates can have their own laws, but the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 for 14 years now.
minus-squareAffectadore@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoMississippi CoL is a far cry from NYC
minus-squareRagnell@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoA 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.