Victory in the Fight for a ($15hr) Living Wage!

[ll74]

So the obvious question is this. Have you ever received a raise at your job? Why, if the job hasn't changed then the value of your job hasn't changed and you didn't deserve that raise now did you?

If your job hasn't changed and the value of the dollar you receive has, then the value of your job has declined. Whether your employer adjusts for that or not is irrelevant.

You deserve a raise to accommodate for inflation. Period.

The only thing that would counteract that is that your employer has decided your job is worth less.

 

[TrailerHitch]

If your job hasn't changed and the value of the dollar you receive has, then the value of your job has declined. Whether your employer adjusts for that or not is irrelevant.

You deserve a raise to accommodate for inflation. Period.

The only thing that would counteract that is that your employer has decided your job is worth less.

So why is your inflation adjusted raise any different than an inflation raise for the minimum wage.

 

[ll74]

So why is your inflation adjusted raise any different than an inflation raise for the minimum wage.

What do you mean?

If what you get paid, pays for less over time, then your employer has decided your job is worth less over time

You can talk about minimum wage all you want

Minimum wage hasn't kept up with the value of the dollar and therefore everyone paying minimum wage has decided their jobs are worth less now than they were before.

 

[YDB95]

So you raise the floor 10%... everyone up the ladders gets a raise too because if one scale is raised, they all get raised. That may cost the business an extra 15-20% in labor costs once its burdened up.

The business is in business to make money, so they raise prices 20-25%, because they want a taste of the gravy as well.

Now the guy that got a 10% raise is paying 25% more for the product.

It's astounding how often the folks who accuse us of not understanding economics make it so abundantly clear that they don't understand economics.

 

[rainsol]

If your job hasn't changed and the value of the dollar you receive has, then the value of your job has declined. Whether your employer adjusts for that or not is irrelevant.

You deserve a raise to accommodate for inflation. Period.

The only thing that would counteract that is that your employer has decided your job is worth less.

Deserve???????Really??????

 

[ll74]

Deserve???????Really??????

If the value of your productivity hasn't changed, then yes.

 

[rainsol]

If the value of your productivity hasn't changed, then yes.

Doing your shuck and jive as always

 

[ll74]

Doing your shuck and jive as always

So you think that you should get paid less every year even if your productivity hasn't changed?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

So you think that you should get paid less every year even if your productivity hasn't changed?

He's just whining since he thinks he better than someone who works at a fast food place. They are "beneath" him and don't deserve ANY money...