http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/nyregion/11wages.html?_r=1&scp=12&sq=minimum%20wage%202009&st=cse
i find funny how they plan to raise it to 8. 25 in 2011
when i think we should have that rate now.
With all the inflation that is going on .. it just seem about fair
they dont see that fact that we are living in a city and that
its expensive living here.
7.25 is going to be the new federal minimum wage
woooooowwww
as new york state we have 7.15 ..
10 cent more wont make a different
and since they see they have to pay there workers more they will probly make us
work harder for those 10 cents more an hour
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Arianna, from the article it appears this other raise was voted down. So as of now, the only set raise is to the new federal rate this coming July - which, as you point out, will be only a 10 cent bump from the current state rate - not much of a difference!
ReplyDeleteIn my opninion, part of the problem is if they have to vote each time to raise it, it won't keep up with inflation - it would be better to have it set up to rise automatically as the cost of living does. Take a look at what Ehrenreich has to say about this in her afterward.