P_P to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 hours agoElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down16
arrow-up1329arrow-down1external-linkElection 2024: Kamala Harris on NBC vows to double federal minimum wage to $15www.telegraph.co.ukP_P to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 19 hours agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-square@usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mllinkfedilink83•19 hours agoAnd note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
minus-square@BallsandBayonetslink2•5 hours ago$15.05 an hour! Increasing at a rate of 11 cents per year from the current minimum of $7.25 Except tipped workers; they still get $2.13.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish57•18 hours agoGood, because “fight for $15” has been going on so long that the real number to regain parity with what minimum wage used to be is a lot higher than that by now.
And note that her wording was “at least $15”, so she’s signaling openness to doing more than that
$15.05 an hour! Increasing at a rate of 11 cents per year from the current minimum of $7.25 Except tipped workers; they still get $2.13.
Good, because “fight for $15” has been going on so long that the real number to regain parity with what minimum wage used to be is a lot higher than that by now.