Huffington Post - Minimum
wage workers in 18 states will get a pay hike next week when higher
wage floors go into effect around the country for 2018.
With the federal minimum wage remaining just $7.25 per hour, more and more states have opted to implement their own, higher rates
that local employers must observe. Many of the bumps slated for New
Year’s Day come courtesy of recent ballot initiatives approved by voters
or bills passed by statehouses, in red and blue states alike.
Some
of those states have laws requiring that the minimum wage is adjusted
each year according to an inflation index, to rise with the cost of
living. So several of the raises amount to less than a quarter an hour.
But
other states that recently enacted new laws will have more significant
increases. Maine’s will move a full dollar, to $10. Hawaii’s will rise
85 cents, to $10.10. And Colorado’s will increase 90 cents, to $10.20.
2 comments:
1865: 'Instead of the conservative motto, A fair day's wage for a fair day's work, we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, Abolition of the wage system' (Marx, Value, Price, and Profit).
1928: 'Earning a wage is a prison occupation' (Wages, DH Lawrence).
1965: Workers still 'don't realise that they can abolish the wages system' (Socialist Standard).
2017: states that recently enacted new laws will have more significant increases. Maine’s will move a full dollar, to $10. Hawaii’s will rise 85 cents...
Humans are going extinct if we don't start talking about where to set the MAXIMUM personal fortune.
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