RE: Seattle City Council Approves $15/hour Minimum Wage
July 16, 2014 at 4:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 16, 2014 at 4:21 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 15, 2014 at 10:43 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Not according to this recent study.
http://20somethingfinance.com/american-h...-vacation/
Quote:Zero industrialized nations are without a mandatory option for new parents to take parental leave. That is, except for the United States.
Looks like we are #1 in something. The knuckledraggers will be happy.
We are solving that problem as fast as we can. We are making noble progress towards not being an industrialized country for much longer.
(July 15, 2014 at 9:59 pm)Polaris Wrote:(June 3, 2014 at 2:50 pm)Dragonetti Wrote: I do not think $15 a hour is going to make kids drop out of high school.
Seattle can be an expensive area of living. Cost of living has gone up due many factors.
USA is the most over worked country with the least amount of pay.
Mexicans work more hours (I think the average is 80 hours a week) and don't receive anywhere near the amount of pay.
Yes, and slaves work 160 hours for no pay.
