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MisdemeanorRebel
2014 Sep 17, 7:45am
Henry Ford increased his workers wages to increase the sales of his cars.
He increased wages because the job had long hours and was boring as fuck, and he had retention problems.
better to have a sliding minimum wage validated by minimum work your new rate is $8 to $12/hr, to get 8 you must accomplish XXX, to get 12, accomplish XXX..it's up to the worker.
Sounds like a way to give the employer freedom to pay whatever he wants, within a range that is.
The word *minimum* has a meaning. Under the plan you describe the minimum is 8.
It goes without saying that the employer is free to pay more than the minimum if an employee warrants higher pay, for whatever reason.
indigenous
2014 Sep 17, 10:26am
He increased wages because the job had long hours and was boring as fuck, and he had retention problems.
Agreed, the statement you quoted was the trope, the meme, the legend, which was not true.
Tenpoundbass
2015 Jan 7, 8:27am
I find it ironic that the same people who push for higher minimum wage, are also the exact same people who get all warm and fuzzy with the concept that fast food workers could be replaced by printing food and an iPhone app.
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I want to see what the opinions out here on all this. Our current Mayor wants to increase it to $14 or so an hour, from the current $10.
Now I see only problems with it. And hence I'm a "Nay". My reasons are simple, businesses will hire more illegals to replace some American workers in order to keep up profitability. Granted, some people will get pay raises out of this, which will lead to another problem... inflation. Prices will increase as usual because when salaries increase, prices increase to absorb disposable income.
Now I know that with this legislation Marcus is probably going to be getting a raise, since he is in a union. So I expect him to fully support this.