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who got the $15 minimum wage included in the COVID relief bill today!
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NJCher
(37,588 posts)Going to bed with a big ☺️
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Now is the time to go for it - I'm so glad they did!
BigmanPigman
(52,147 posts)and not have to dread the latest tRump disaster when you read or listen to the news?
Celerity
(46,154 posts)Manchin will try and block it in the Senate version, I am fairly sure, if the Senate Parliamentarian even allows a minimum wage part in.
Manchin wants 11 usd per hour. In 2021 purchasing power versus 2009 (the last minimum wage raise) 11 per hour in 2009 is now 8.25 per hour. 7.25 usd per hour in 2009 now is sround p5.45 usd ph.
IF Manchin insists on a 4 or 5 year phase-in to 11, that 11 usd per hour, by 2025, 2026 or so, will be worth LESS than 7.25 was in 2009 and quickly will go sub 7 per hour in purchasing power.
msongs
(69,928 posts)malaise
(277,353 posts)Rec
lapucelle
(19,518 posts)with the rates determined by region, size of the business, and economic indices.
https://www.ny.gov/new-york-states-minimum-wage/new-york-states-minimum-wage
lapucelle
(19,518 posts)in the House version of the bill, the fight is far from over where the Senate is concerned.
At issue was a non-binding budget amendment from Senator Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, that opposed raising the wage during a global pandemic.
While Sanders said he still intends to increase the wage to $15 an hour in the virus relief package, he said his plan always called for a five year phase-in. He said the $15 wage would be in place five years from now, not during the pandemic itself, so he would support Ernsts amendment
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/romney-proposes-expanding-child-tax-credit-stimulus-update