Teach someone a job and you get them a paycheck in 2 weeks, teach someone to organize their work place and you get them a living wage for life
Tell that to people that have 2 and 3 jobs just to keep their head above water. FDR created the Minimum Wage to be a living wage, and it hasn't been that for around 30 years thanks to Reagan's beginning the destruction of the Middle-class.
It takes 2 parties to escalate a cycle. And playing a game of chicken rarely leads to a pareto optimality when it is played by messianic extremists on both sides, and a politician whose way of avoiding prison is to continue to wage war indefinitely even when victory was staring straight at him.
The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. In Manitoba, the rate is going up by 50 cents to $15.80, a hike that follows a formula set in provincial law tied to the rate of inflation of the previous calendar year. https://buff.ly/4doEL3G#bdnmb
The minimum wage in four provinces is going up today. The rate in Ontario is rising by 65 cents to $17.20 an hour, an increase tied to inflation. Saskatchewan’s minimum wage is going up by a dol...
I remember share fishermen from editing the minimum wage pages on pages on TheSite•org (now The Mix) and wondering whether any share fishermen would have appreciated the effort.
The living wage in Alberta is $22.98
Leaving ECHR isn't about what Jenrick claims. The reasons are for less regulation because rules like employment and health and safety laws cost businesses money. ECHR guarantees things like trial by jury, minimum wage, holiday pay, something JRM has been complaining about for years. Don't be fooled
If you want an ass that doesn't quit, try paying it a living wage. My asscheeks unionized.
Another failure of conservative "common sense" econ: Study in CA raising minimum wage for fast-food workers did _not_ result in change in job numbers, only minimal product price increases. irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
