So, I've got a few questions about minimum wage and the whole thing with $15/hr, I didn't realize it was such a huge thing.
First of all, I've heard this mostly applies to McDonald's workers, but is this a movement to make the minimum wage $15/hr?
Secondly, when and how exactly did this thing begin? I just remembered from seeing a campaign commercial for governor cuomo about how it says he'll be pushing for this to happen.
I also spoke to a friend of mine recently about all this, and he says he's in support of it. He explains that for anyone who works full time, 40 hours, they deserve to live comfortably no matter what they're doing. $15 an hour for minimum wage should do just that.
And that brings me to my third question. There are some jobs out there that require a little more skill than say a fast food employee. I'm just a bank teller, which isn't anything spectacular, but but it does take a little more skill than working at a fast food chain - and it pays slightly more than minimum wage. So if minimum wage (if it's just minimum wage and not just wages for fast food workers, that is part of the first question) is raised, will the wages for all other jobs that already a little higher than minimum wage also rise? As well as salary and whatever other jobs you can obtain with a college degree & higher - will they be paid more as well?
And my fourth question - if this does get implemented and the answer to my third question is yes, then...wouldn't everything just become more expensive? And if that happens, wouldn't that at least partially defeat the purpose of raising minimum wage so high to $15 in the first place, making inflation go off the roof? If you ask me, that'd make things more convoluted, not fairer.
If the answer to the third question is no, and fast food workers pay would then outdo jobs that do take more skill...then why in the hell is this happening
Now I didn't make this thread to mock those who work in fast food - my first job ever was at Wendy's (I hated it but I did it) they're jobs that someone has to do - I have respect for plumbers, janitors, custodians, jobs that we need people to do and have. I made this thread to get clarity on the situation.
First of all, I've heard this mostly applies to McDonald's workers, but is this a movement to make the minimum wage $15/hr?
Secondly, when and how exactly did this thing begin? I just remembered from seeing a campaign commercial for governor cuomo about how it says he'll be pushing for this to happen.
I also spoke to a friend of mine recently about all this, and he says he's in support of it. He explains that for anyone who works full time, 40 hours, they deserve to live comfortably no matter what they're doing. $15 an hour for minimum wage should do just that.
And that brings me to my third question. There are some jobs out there that require a little more skill than say a fast food employee. I'm just a bank teller, which isn't anything spectacular, but but it does take a little more skill than working at a fast food chain - and it pays slightly more than minimum wage. So if minimum wage (if it's just minimum wage and not just wages for fast food workers, that is part of the first question) is raised, will the wages for all other jobs that already a little higher than minimum wage also rise? As well as salary and whatever other jobs you can obtain with a college degree & higher - will they be paid more as well?
And my fourth question - if this does get implemented and the answer to my third question is yes, then...wouldn't everything just become more expensive? And if that happens, wouldn't that at least partially defeat the purpose of raising minimum wage so high to $15 in the first place, making inflation go off the roof? If you ask me, that'd make things more convoluted, not fairer.
If the answer to the third question is no, and fast food workers pay would then outdo jobs that do take more skill...then why in the hell is this happening
Now I didn't make this thread to mock those who work in fast food - my first job ever was at Wendy's (I hated it but I did it) they're jobs that someone has to do - I have respect for plumbers, janitors, custodians, jobs that we need people to do and have. I made this thread to get clarity on the situation.
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