#Wage

Angus Johnston

studentactivism

Specifically, it would raise the minimum wage to $9.50 on the day of passage, then by $1.50 one year later, increasing by $1.50 each year until it reached $15 in

Matt Swartz

MattSwartz723

About half of my work is advising corporate executives on profitability, and my take on the minimum wage thing is that the people doom-tweeting about how the inevitable result will

Philip Soos

PhilipSoos

How difficult is it for Labor to craft a proper unemployment insurance policy? Give the unemployed a universal payment equal to the age pension with no BS mutual obligations, &

Steph Sterling

stephsterlingdc

.@JStein_WaPo raises a good question here: can $15/hour minimum wage be done via reconciliation? A short thread:https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1350161737996267523 The key question to answer is whether the Parliamentarian would rule

Rob LaBonne

roblabonne

Let's talk minimum wage. Currently it's $12/hr in CT as of 9/1/20 and goes up $1 every 11 months until it reaches $15. Every $1 increase costs us about $150,000/year

Kanchan Gupta

KanchanGupta

Media salaries used to be protected by Government of India appointed Wage Board which fixed and periodically revised wage rates based on circulation figures. Journalists (and press workers) in big

Fred Arnolfson

arnolfson

I don't normally comment much on economics on twitter despite my academic focus on the field, but this is just nuts. DC had a median wage of ~$30/hr 15 years

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millhousethecat

My first job was at a Hardee’s when I was sixteen. In 1984. (I’m 52 years old now.)Minimum wage was $3.35. That’s $5.06 in today dollars. /1 For me it

Tony Burke

Tony_Burke

The last time parliament sat for a fortnight the Libs spent the weekend lying to journalists claiming Labor was going to block a wage subsidy. So I thought I’d get

Kirstenjoyweiss

Kirstenjoyweiss

Raising the minimum wage always sounds good on paper. But it has long term consequences that actually hurt the people it seeks to help.For example (unbiased thread as it does

MJ

morganisawizard

now i get the "it isn't fair to people who had to pay their loans off already" argument and im not at all saying it's wrong. but if you're saying

dylanjfbellisle

dylanjfbellisle

Lots of questions about #RomneyPlan. What exactly happens to the #EITC? #Romney's plan eliminates Head of Household status, so doesn't that equate to a tax increase for single parent households?

One Fair Wage

onefairwage

URGENT! WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CALL GOVERNOR CUOMO ASAP AT 518-474-8390 & URGE HIM TO ENACT ONE FAIR WAGE NOW! THREAD: [1/10] Fact: Tipped restaurant workers were left out

Tawu awa

Naru_Ayma

Capitalism is only a couple hundred years old. Humans have not been paying to live/survive on this planet for thousands of years. Please understand this Production for profit and wage

Tom?

lemonvortex

listen i know independent businesses cant afford to pay employees a ton i get it i get it i know how money works but goddamn working minimum wage jobs has

Matt Dawson

SaintRPh

Who will a lockdown hurt? THE MIDDLE CLASS! The poor will keep getting govt funding and the rich don’t give a shit cuz they’ll be fine. The Democrats want two

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