jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down14
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkIt has now been 15 years since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25www.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareBallsandBayonets@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoAnd by the time we get a $15/hr minimum wage, a living wage in any state worth living in will be $75/hr.
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhich is exactly why I hated the “fight for fifteen” slogan… Great you got your $15 in some states 15 years later and now that’s worthless.
And by the time we get a $15/hr minimum wage, a living wage in any state worth living in will be $75/hr.
Which is exactly why I hated the “fight for fifteen” slogan… Great you got your $15 in some states 15 years later and now that’s worthless.