tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post899891883899831655..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: 27 states move against hikes in minimum wageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-50143851355963715462017-07-29T07:40:07.762-04:002017-07-29T07:40:07.762-04:00The reformist seesaw
'After dozens of city a...The reformist seesaw <br /><br />'After dozens of city and county governments voted to raise their local minimum wage ordinances in the last several years, states have been responding by passing laws requiring cities to abide by statewide minimums. So far, 27 states have passed such laws.The latest example of this is in Missouri, where a state law will take effect next month, rolling back St. Louis' $10-an-hour minimum wage ordinance passed earlier this year. That means thousands of minimum-wage earners in the city could go back to earning the state rate of $7.70 an hour.'<br /><br />Over 150 years ago Marx wrote: ''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' (Value, Price, and Profit). Workers of the world wake up! <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com