2aguy
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I was listening to Red Eye Radio here in Chicago...they talked about how unions in New York are trying to get an exemption from the minimum wage increase in New York......see, the unions want the minimum wage increase as a bargaining chip to get unions into the fast food industry.....they want more union dues and could care less about their members......they get the minimum wage increased, get an exemption from it and tell the fast food chains, let us in and we will negotiate a lower than minimum wage, wage.......just so they can increase their union paying members.....
The union bosses have a certain lifestyle they have grown accustomed to after all.....
And now this.....it will push them off government welfare benefits....so no thanks please......
Seattle Sees Unexpected Fallout from 15 Per Hour Min. Wage
Low wage workers in Seattle who spent months agitating for a city-wide $15-per-hour minimum wage were quite successful in their quest. But many have suddenly found that the new rate has had unexpected consequences.
Some workers across the city are left telling bosses to give them fewer hours at the higher wage because a full week’s earnings now puts them past the threshold for some welfare payments such as food stamps and assistance with rent.
Of course, one of the things that supporters of the higher wage said was that they wanted to help lift min. wage workers out of poverty and welfare.
Only last week, for instance, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed that a $15 min. wage in his city would lift 600,000 out of poverty. Self-avowed socialist
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But now some workers in Seattle are finding that the higher wage is forcing them off the welfare programs they would rather stay enrolled in and, instead of celebrating their higher income, they are imposing fewer work hours on themselves in order to stay on assistance.
The union bosses have a certain lifestyle they have grown accustomed to after all.....
And now this.....it will push them off government welfare benefits....so no thanks please......
Seattle Sees Unexpected Fallout from 15 Per Hour Min. Wage
Low wage workers in Seattle who spent months agitating for a city-wide $15-per-hour minimum wage were quite successful in their quest. But many have suddenly found that the new rate has had unexpected consequences.
Some workers across the city are left telling bosses to give them fewer hours at the higher wage because a full week’s earnings now puts them past the threshold for some welfare payments such as food stamps and assistance with rent.
Of course, one of the things that supporters of the higher wage said was that they wanted to help lift min. wage workers out of poverty and welfare.
Only last week, for instance, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti claimed that a $15 min. wage in his city would lift 600,000 out of poverty. Self-avowed socialist
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But now some workers in Seattle are finding that the higher wage is forcing them off the welfare programs they would rather stay enrolled in and, instead of celebrating their higher income, they are imposing fewer work hours on themselves in order to stay on assistance.
