P_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1418
arrow-up1418external-linkElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukP_P@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareusernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up87·2 days agoAnd note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·2 days 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.
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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.
And note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
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.
$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.