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Democrats want to make the minimum wage $17 an hour and give nearly 28 million workers a raise (www.businessinsider.com)

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/916523

Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again calling for a higher federal minimum wage. The current rate has been $7.25 since 2009.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's good of him, but I wonder if that can even pass, given that Republicans hold the house, and Manchin and Sinema exist. In the end, I'd settle for $10 to $11 an hour, the removal of loopholes like $2.13 minimum an hour for tipped wages, and similar fixes.

It's a good starting point at least, and Manchin said he was okay with an $11 minimum wage. I just hope it's not just fronting, and something actually comes of this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's no point to passing that. I'd rather not pretend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It would be better than nothing. There are a lot of red states that are very low cost of living that could benefit from even a small minimum wage increase.

Unfortunately, that would take pressure off of a more progressive set of labor policies.