> At 03:20 PM 5/18/2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> Our average hourly wage was $18.51 in April. Their min would be 73% of
>> our average!
>
> wow! it declined by nearly $2 since 2008. the suckage.
>
> today, there was a show on the radio with local politicians who were
> advocating a $10 min. hourly wage. a few years back, in 2003, the living wage
> requirement for FL was $10/hr.
>
> The interview suggested that they'd be hard pressed to get support for a
> 13.60/hr min wage there.
I must be missing something here. $13.60 is almost twice the US federal minimum. Yes, I know there are some states that are higher, but TexAss isn't one. Those states also tend to be the ones where average house prices are $500k and 750 sq/ft apts cost $1500/mo; so be still my beating heart for Cali, New York, or Mass's extra buck an hour.
And WTF with comparing the *average* wage with a minimum?
-j
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