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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
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Why don't you agree with the 2 bedroom? Why can't the working class have some leg room?
Fuck it. Let's make it 3 and build a gym for the whole complex while you're at it.
Then we'd have to call it "some leg room wage"
It's the minimum wage, it's supposed to be the minimum you need to survive. Conversely, you don't need two bedrooms to survive
No, we call it the "minimum wage" because it's the minimum to be legally paid
It's meant to be a living wage, and in case that's not clear enough for you
quoted from FDR, the guy who got the initial minimum wage laws passed in the US
What gingeybook said, with the addendum, if there was an option to bring up minimum wage to allow that wage to rent a 2 bedroom i would totally vote for it over voting against it, because itd better than nothing for sure.