Rather than paying a living wage, Broward college has decided to distribute food bags to their employees. 50 bags for 500 employees 👍
(They do regularly do this for students too)
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2024
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First of all, I 💯 agree with you that all employees should be paid a living wage!
Obviously some people will fall on hard times despite what they’re paid, so it’s good to have this service in general. Let’s hope not too many employees have to utilize this on the regular.
This is a public community college in Florida. If it’s anything like my public university here in North Carolina, the state probably allocates the salary budget through legislation, and the school itself has very little (if any) say in what employees earn. So, unless I’m mistaken, the blame for the living wage argument would rest solely on the state; and if that’s the case, I would give kudos to the college for offering this service in spite of the state.
The wages are published, but the school is for profit and decides the salary. Incremental raises are established with union contract.
All fifty bags went within twenty minutes, and they had to turn employees away.
That is a damn shame. I feel like for-profit schools shouldn’t exist.
Although of course, no matter how much you're paid random stuff happens and I support assistance for employees. It just seems dystopian to have to offer food for more than 10% of your workforce.