Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Warpy

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Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:16 PM

Jul 2013

Slaving away your whole life at minimum wage is the new normal, along with debt peonage for anyone who went into debt for higher education and managed to land a better than minimum wage job.

These are precisely the conditions that have led to most revolutions throughout history: beggaring the vast majority of the population and keeping them slaves to debt.

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The Outrageous Truth About A $12 Minimum Wage And Your Grocery Bill [View all] NHLabor Jul 2013 OP

Welcome to DU Warpy Jul 2013 #1

I have been a DU Stalker for a while and NHLabor Jul 2013 #6

K&R Teamster Jeff Jul 2013 #2

K & R - Shared, and Welcome to DU! Triana Jul 2013 #3

Welcome to DU! Hydra Jul 2013 #4

Thanks NHLabor Jul 2013 #8

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You are so right! NHLabor Jul 2013 #9

Thank you Matt for posting this! Omaha Steve Jul 2013 #7

K&R Sherman A1 Jul 2013 #10

We're dependent on our minimum wage fellow Americans Babel_17 Jul 2013 #11

Did you know Canada has price controls cprise Jul 2013 #12

Not so much price controls, but marketing boards JBoy Jul 2013 #17

All wages tend to go up when the minimum is raised. JoeyT Jul 2013 #13

Sounds to like wis vet69 Jul 2013 #15

No, I'd very much take a raise. JoeyT Jul 2013 #19

Excellent post. Vashta Nerada Jul 2013 #14

The city of SeaTac (here in WA State) is raising minimum wage to $15 an hour soon... AmyStrange Jul 2013 #16

K&R nt Mnemosyne Jul 2013 #18