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And before anyone says "no one pays those wages anymore," it's true that I didn't get paid $7.25 an hour when I first moved back to Indiana about 10 years ago.
I was paid $7.75 an hour. From a TV station. To shoot live news and sports, meaning traveling in weather no matter how dangerous for regional basketball games and seeing lots of dead bodies, then going back and editing two news shows every night before heading out again to shoot the next car crash.
And when I was up for a promotion, I was told I didn't have the right attitude. Because my attitude was things like, "it's blizzarding out right now. I really don't think it's safe for me to drive 50 miles down a 2-lane highway at night." rather than, "sir yes sir!"
I left that job as soon as I could. To the other TV station in town. For a $10 an hour job making commercials.
These are jobs in L.A., where I used to live, that would pay you a high five-figure salary if not a six-figure one. And the weather is a lot safer to drive in.
Yep, Indiana sucks when it comes to pay. I'm sure those other states are just as bad.
Attitude and wages have a direct correlation. As an employer, you pay for the attitude you get.
You would think so, but the other people in the same job were gung-ho for it. It was bizarre. And I basically spent my evenings documenting tragedies when it wasn't sports (and I hate sports), so it took a serious psychological toll, which it should have for anyone who wasn't the apparent psychopaths I was working with.
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...I make about $20 per hour as a surgical tech, and the cheapest apartments that are within the on-call response time radius of the hospital and don't come with a realistic chance of getting shot while walking to or from the car; plus utilities, food, gas, etc... and there's almost nothing left.
I could stretch it out a little by eating rice for every meal, but $7.50 per hour wouldn't even cover rent. Splitting it with a roommate who also makes $7.50 per hour might just barely cover rent.
You'd need like 5 people sharing a single bedroom apartment and a car just have a roof over their head and food in their stomach.
...meanwhile we have oligarchs that make so much money that the number of dollars is literally beyond our brain's ability to process.
We're way overdue for guillotine day.
I have nothing intelligent or insightful to say. I just fucking hate this country.
That's okay. Me too!
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"The 20 states where the baseline wage will remain at $7.25 an hour are primarily located in the South and Midwest, ranging from Alabama to Wisconsin. "
So, the states you thought weren't getting the raise are the states that aren't getting the raise, except Florida apparently!?
If you're making minimum look into operations/warehousing. It's hard work but I literally can't get people to show up for less than $25/hr. Suburbs of Chicago tho.
Manufacturing company I work for starts at a minimum of $20/hr for the lowest role, and that's our nationwide lowest pay.
We are constantly hiring
Who’s getting a raise? No one probably. It won’t be enough to compensate for the lost wages to corporate greed “inflation”.
Still think we should just put all elected officials on the national minimum wage and watch how fast workers lives get better.
"You work a minimal effort job you get minimum wage."
Explain to me again why I'm seeing machinists and web development jobs being posted for fucking $16/hr when that's minimum wage?
Why are people who literally save fucking lives getting taco bell wages?
I love how there's always a quote to justify shit wages that just completely flies in the face of reality.
I'd say minimal effort is simply owning a thing and paying other people to do the work for you. Sorry that making phone calls is so much work for you...
Why are people who literally save fucking lives getting taco bell wages?
In California, at least, the people who save lives will be guaranteed at least $1/hour more than what the Taco Bell employees are guaranteed in 2024.
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They forgot Massachusetts. Yeah, we’re not raising minimum wage next year but it’s already $15/hr. We deserve to be listed as one of the ~~six~~ seven states with minimum wage twice the federal level
Go Sox!
The increases will boost the baseline pay to at least $16 an hour in three states: California, New York and Washington. In 22 states, the new minimum wages will take effect on January 1. However, Nevada and Oregon's new rates will go into effect on July 1, while Florida's will increase on September 30.
By contrast. workers in 20 states will still be subject to the federal minimum wage, which has stood at $7.25 an hour since 2009, when it was last increased.
The increases will boost the baseline pay to at least $16 an hour in three states: California, New York, and Washington. In 22 states.
Not enough for those high-cost cities.
I just heard on the radio this morning that a newly elected South American president raised the baseline to a 2%. This percent means $460 a month!
fast food like McDonald's and Jack in the Box and Burger King and Panera bread workers in California will have minimum wage of $20.
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I love how the article doesn't actually bother breaking out the minimum wage by state so you have to go searching if you actually want to know.
States raising the minimum wage in 2024
Here are the states that are boosting their minimum wages in 2024, along with the new baseline pay that will take effect next year. Most of the states will increase their baseline wage beginning in January, with increases in Florida, Nevada and Oregon going into effect later in 2024.
Alaska: $11.73
Arizona: $14.35
California: $16
Colorado: $14.42
Connecticut: $15.69
Delaware: $13.25
Florida: $13
Hawaii: $14
Illinois: $14
Maine: $14.15
Maryland: $15
Michigan: $10.33
Minnesota: $10.85
Missouri: $12.30
Montana: $10.30
Nebraska: $12
Nevada: $12
New Jersey: $15.13
New York: $16
Ohio: $10.45
Oregon: $14.20 plus an adjustment for inflation (TBD)
Rhode Island: $14
South Dakota: $11.20
Vermont: $13.67
Washington: $16.28
It was at the end of the article.
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Republicans care SO MUCH about Workers that they aren't Raising their Wages!
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That belt of white at the bottom… wonder if that area has a name?
The shit belt?
Worth mentioning that Florida passed a law a couple years ago that has been raising the minimum wage by $1/hr every year until we get to $15/hr. Slowly is better than not at all. Nice to see Florida not last for once.
I wish most/all laws worked this way. We should be aiming for incremental changes over time instead of big bang ones that get undone after the next election.
Hell, for minimum wage though, it should always change based on cost of living as it continues to increase over time.
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The states that could use the higher rate are the states that aren't increasing the rate. I'm shocked.
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