P_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down16
arrow-up1304arrow-down1external-linkElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukP_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up80arrow-down1·17 hours agoAnd note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 hours ago$15.05 an hour! Increasing at a rate of 11 cents per year from the current minimum of $7.25 Except tipped workers; they still get $2.13.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·16 hours agoGood, because “fight for $15” has been going on so long that the real number to regain parity with what minimum wage used to be is a lot higher than that by now.
And note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
$15.05 an hour! Increasing at a rate of 11 cents per year from the current minimum of $7.25 Except tipped workers; they still get $2.13.
Good, because “fight for $15” has been going on so long that the real number to regain parity with what minimum wage used to be is a lot higher than that by now.