For the love of god, increase it to something reasonable then implement yearly increases based on inflation so that I never have to hear about this again.
They would slash their own salaries to $7.25 or less and enjoy the usual net pay raises from their billionaire donors and stock increases as a reward for keeping it that way.
And voters will cheer them on for being so selfless and suffering with the common man.
That’s the best thing that can be negotiated in a collective agreement, after that you can finally work on negotiating things that aren’t salary related.
It’s absolutely wild that raising the minimum wage needs to be legislated every time. Other countries just appoint a body that has the authority to increase it every year based on XYZ, no legislation required.
For the love of god, increase it to something reasonable then implement yearly increases based on inflation so that I never have to hear about this again.
This or tie it to the average government wage of a member of Congress, they get a raise and the people get a raise.
They would slash their own salaries to $7.25 or less and enjoy the usual net pay raises from their billionaire donors and stock increases as a reward for keeping it that way.
And voters will cheer them on for being so selfless and suffering with the common man.
Tie minimum wage to GDP/GNP, inflation, etc.
Tie congressional salaries to be a fixed multiple of minimum wage.
If congress wants more money, they have to make everyone’s situation better.
CT actually does the annual increase based on inflation thing. It’s at $15.60-something currently I believe. It can be done.
That’s something for sure, but if they took it back to the beginning and adjusted for inflation it would be $25+
That’s the best thing that can be negotiated in a collective agreement, after that you can finally work on negotiating things that aren’t salary related.
It’s absolutely wild that raising the minimum wage needs to be legislated every time. Other countries just appoint a body that has the authority to increase it every year based on XYZ, no legislation required.