$15 minimum wage

hows that working out for ya?


"“Target worked me hard from mid-July of 2018 to February 2019, right before my medical coverage was about to kick in,” said former employee Caren Morales of Diamond Bar, California, who worked between 35-40 hours per week. Once the enrollment date approached, she said, “They cut my hours right then.”
Morales quit several months later, saying she couldn’t afford to pay for her daughter’s day care.
It was not immediately clear why many workers have seen their hours cut, although the trend may partially be attributable to the introduction of new store management methods.

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“We needed to change the way we operate in the store to create a better, more inviting experience for our guests,” commented Target COO John Mulligan. The changes include elimination of some backroom shifts and the introduction of self-checkout machines, along with specialization of some jobs to cover a specific department instead of an entire store.
Several other giant retail stores have also recently decreased working hours, according to statistics from the Bureau of Labor."

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/target-cuts-workers-hours-after-vowing-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-by-2020/

They raised the minimum wage up here and guess what?
The price of basic needs went up and some places had layoffs and workers now have to do more work with less staff.
Food is expensive here now.

Raising the minimum wage is pointless unless you can prevent companies from raising prices.

Also...self checkout lines eliminate jobs.
People complain about no jobs but then help the store by doing the work for them.
Do self checkout lines offer a discount?
Nope.

@mott-the-hoople said
hows that working out for ya?


"“Target worked me hard from mid-July of 2018 to February 2019, right before my medical coverage was about to kick in,” said former employee Caren Morales of Diamond Bar, California, who worked between 35-40 hours per week. Once the enrollment date approached, she said, “They cut my hours right then.”
Morales quit several months lat ...[text shortened]... .nationalreview.com/news/target-cuts-workers-hours-after-vowing-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-by-2020/

@zahlanzi said
translation: "someone abused loopholes that have nothing to do with minimum wage, therefore minimum wage bad, let corporations pay whatever they feel like it"

dumbass

@quackquack said
No one abused loopholes. Stupid policy had predictable results.

"Since the article doesn't really have anything to do with the minimum wage,"
LMFAO...damned what an idiot

@no1marauder said
Since the article doesn't really have anything to do with the minimum wage, what is the "stupid policy" you are referring to? The delay in health insurance coverage?

@Mott-The-Hoople
Then why is it in the TITLE assswipe?

@quackquack

OVERPAY? are you fukking KIDDING?
If you make 8 bucks an hour just how do you figure to make ends meet eh?
Rent over a thousand bucks a month, food sky high, car payments, car insurance, utilities. Really? You going to do that on 8 bucks an hour?
The average yearly income now runs around 34K a year, that is about 17 bucks an hour.
I imagine companies would LOVE to get that average down to 15.....
After all, companies are SO altruistic.

@sonhouse said
@quackquack

OVERPAY? are you fukking KIDDING?
If you make 8 bucks an hour just how do you figure to make ends meet eh?
Rent over a thousand bucks a month, food sky high, car payments, car insurance, utilities. Really? You going to do that on 8 bucks an hour?
The average yearly income now runs around 34K a year, that is about 17 bucks an hour.
I imagine companies would LOVE to get that average down to 15.....
After all, companies are SO altruistic.

There's an element of progress in our daily lives.
I can't remember the last time I purchased airline tickets through a travel agent.

@sonhouse said
@Mott-The-Hoople
Then why is it in the TITLE assswipe?

😂

@mott-the-hoople said
"Since the article doesn't really have anything to do with the minimum wage,"
LMFAO...damned what an idiot

@Mott-The-Hoople
Oh, so it's NOT in the title?