What would happen if???.

[rightwinger]

I worked minimum wage almost 50 years ago. $2.10 an hour which paid for college.
At the time, if you didn’t like the pay, the job conditions or bosses you were told…..If you don’t like it, we got two people who want your job.

Those conditions have held for 50 years with minimum wage frozen for 12 years


But what would happen if……low wage workers decided they don’t want those terms anymore and employers couldn’t fill the shifts they have?

You would think it would mean higher wages and better working conditions. Instead, employers would rather close down than offer higher wages

 

[MarathonMike]

rightwinger Small business owners don't shut down their business to make a point. Most of them are low profit margin businesses that would go straight into debt or bankruptcy if forced to pay $15 an hour MW.

 

[Polishprince]

I worked minimum wage almost 50 years ago. $2.10 an hour which paid for college.
At the time, if you didn’t like the pay, the job conditions or bosses you were told…..If you don’t like it, we got two people who want your job.

Those conditions have held for 50 years with minimum wage frozen for 12 years


But what would happen if……low wage workers decided they don’t want those terms anymore and employers couldn’t fill the shifts they have?

You would think it would mean higher wages and better working conditions. Instead, employers would rather close down than offer higher wages

Actually, it would depend on the job and the industry. Some business don't have much price flexibility and consumers aren't willing to pay more. The cost of a Dime Bag has remained at 10 bucks since I was a teen, example given.

An employer might not have a choice but to shut their doors forever.

 

[rightwinger]

rightwinger Small business owners don't shut down their business to make a point. Most of them are low profit margin businesses that would go straight into debt or bankruptcy if forced to pay $15 an hour MW.

What I am seeing is business only opening eight hours a day, five days a week

You would think economic pressures would cause them to increase pay and benefits to get the best employees.

How much do you lose being closed for two days?

 

[Natural Citizen]

50 years ago $2.10 was actually worth $2.10

The cost of living goes up with every note the fed prints. Price increases are only one consequence of inflation. And they still fudge with the CPI in order to alter the percieved impact of inflation with the 'full substitution' shtick chained CPI is known for.

The premise of this discussion/thread is all wrong, in my view. It's certainly out of context with the reality of the scope of the situation.

 

[rightwinger]

50 years ago $2.10 was actually worth $2.10

The cost of living goes up with every note the fed prints. Price increases are only one consequence of inflation. And they still fudge with the CPI in order to alter the percieved impact of inflation with the 'full substitution' shtick chained CPI is known for.

The premise of this discussion/thread is all wrong, in my view. It's certainly out of context with the reality of the scope of the situation.

I’m just asking is it worth it to shut down instead of paying a competitive wage?

 

[marvin martian]

$2.10 an hour which paid for college.

Since you started off with this lie, everything after that is bullshit, too.

 

[Polishprince]

What I am seeing is business only opening eight hours a day, five days a week

You would think economic pressures would cause them to increase pay and benefits to get the best employees.

How much do you lose being closed for two days?

If there aren't enough customers on those 2 days to cover the costs, you aren't losing anything.

 

[Polishprince]

I’m just asking is it worth it to shut down instead of paying a competitive wage?

Sometimes. If the businessman can't cover the increased costs, and there is no room to raise prices, closure can make tremendous sense.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

I worked minimum wage almost 50 years ago. $2.10 an hour which paid for college.
At the time, if you didn’t like the pay, the job conditions or bosses you were told…..If you don’t like it, we got two people who want your job.

Those conditions have held for 50 years with minimum wage frozen for 12 years


But what would happen if……low wage workers decided they don’t want those terms anymore and employers couldn’t fill the shifts they have?

You would think it would mean higher wages and better working conditions. Instead, employers would rather close down than offer higher wages

Or they go toward automation.

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

What I am seeing is business only opening eight hours a day, five days a week

You would think economic pressures would cause them to increase pay and benefits to get the best employees.

How much do you lose being closed for two days?

Not how basic finance works. That means they have to charge more for product. My youngest got a steak and cheese sub and a drink. Cost $12 lol. That’s crazy. Was $8 like three years ago. Soon it will be $16.

 

[tyroneweaver]

I worked minimum wage almost 50 years ago. $2.10 an hour which paid for college.
At the time, if you didn’t like the pay, the job conditions or bosses you were told…..If you don’t like it, we got two people who want your job.

Those conditions have held for 50 years with minimum wage frozen for 12 years


But what would happen if……low wage workers decided they don’t want those terms anymore and employers couldn’t fill the shifts they have?

You would think it would mean higher wages and better working conditions. Instead, employers would rather close down than offer higher wages

cube steel wasn't a dollar an inch back then

 

[rightwinger]

Since you started off with this lie, everything after that is bullshit, too.

A years tuition cost $650
You do the math

 

[rightwinger]

Not how basic finance works. That means they have to charge more for product. My youngest got a steak and cheese sub and a drink. Cost $12 lol. That’s crazy. Was $8 like three years ago. Soon it will be $16.

EVERYTHING costs more
But it is not because workers are getting more pay

 

[rightwinger]

Or they go toward automation.

If they could automate, they would already be doing it

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

I worked minimum wage almost 50 years ago. $2.10 an hour which paid for college.
At the time, if you didn’t like the pay, the job conditions or bosses you were told…..If you don’t like it, we got two people who want your job.

Those conditions have held for 50 years with minimum wage frozen for 12 years


But what would happen if……low wage workers decided they don’t want those terms anymore and employers couldn’t fill the shifts they have?

You would think it would mean higher wages and better working conditions. Instead, employers would rather close down than offer higher wages

I would have jumped off a fucking building decades ago if I was still making min wage. If I went to college still making min wage, I'd chug aquarium cleaner

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

EVERYTHING costs more
But it is not because workers are getting more pay

They are in MA. $3 per hour more since three years ago

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

If they could automate, they would already be doing it

Franchise chains are

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

rightwinger Small business owners don't shut down their business to make a point. Most of them are low profit margin businesses that would go straight into debt or bankruptcy if forced to pay $15 an hour MW.

According to libturds, every business owner is a wealthy sob and needs to pay their lazy ass or it
Libturds expertise in business is running the mother fucker in the ground

 

[rightwinger]

Franchise chains are

Hence the phrase….”If they could automate”