06-03-2014, 12:26
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City of Seattle approves $15/hour minimum wage
The Seattle city council unanimously voted late Monday to increase the city's minimum wage to $15 and hour, making it the nations highest minimum wage. That would make San Francisco's the second highest at $10.74 an hour.
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/hot-s...150210501.html
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06-03-2014, 12:38
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I'll bet all those Seattle coffee shops are loving this... 
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06-03-2014, 13:37
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Great, maybe an exodus of non skilled labor will ensue targeting this new Nirvana.
We could use a few folks off "Access", Food stamps etc.
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06-03-2014, 13:45
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Now they can unionize and pay dues.
Bye-bye business.
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06-03-2014, 15:30
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You have to be careful what you wish for, first thing to go will be employees and those that are left will be working twice as hard, next will be any fringes they may have gotten like free or reduced meals etc. etc. etc. Like every feely good program this will leave those it was meant to help worse off, but it sure sounds good.
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06-03-2014, 15:37
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No Problemo, TR..
They have plenty of future employees that don't need Unions..
And will work for less..
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06-03-2014, 19:37
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Two words, unintended consequences.
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06-03-2014, 19:44
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
No Problemo, TR..
They have plenty of future employees that don't need Unions..
And will work for less..
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There'll be an app for that. 
Pat
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06-04-2014, 12:02
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaquebite
I'll bet all those Seattle coffee shops are loving this... |
Before they and all of the other fast food, formal restaurants and other service oriented companies go out of business.
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06-04-2014, 13:35
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SEATAC
There was a story floating around a few days ago about that little community next to SEATAC.
I have no idea if it's for real or not but it listed a number of benefits the minimum wage workers were getting that were canned when it went up to $15 an hour.
Little stuff that added up fast like overtime, free parking, food.
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06-04-2014, 14:37
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete
There was a story floating around a few days ago about that little community next to SEATAC.
I have no idea if it's for real or not but it listed a number of benefits the minimum wage workers were getting that were canned when it went up to $15 an hour.
Little stuff that added up fast like overtime, free parking, food.
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I heard them speaking about this on the radio yesterday, here is a link .
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/blog...-supposed-help
Northwest Asian Weekly reports that employees earning the new wage in SeaTac have lost benefits such as 401k, paid holidays and paid vacation, free food, free parking and overtime hours. One hotel waitress said she is earning less because tips have decreased since the high wage has been in effect. In many cases these benefits plus the lower state minimum wage added more value to workers’ earnings than the new $15 wage.
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06-04-2014, 15:01
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NurseTim
Two words, unintended consequences.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cbtengr
...Northwest Asian Weekly reports that employees earning the new wage in SeaTac have lost benefits such as 401k, paid holidays and paid vacation, free food, free parking and overtime hours. One hotel waitress said she is earning less because tips have decreased since the high wage has been in effect. In many cases these benefits plus the lower state minimum wage added more value to workers’ earnings than the new $15 wage.
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The prophecy and it's fulfillment.
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02-03-2015, 06:33
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Not Seattle but still wage increase
Beloved SF bookstore becomes casualty of minimum wage hike
http://abc7news.com/business/sf-book...-hike-/502008/
The owner's take "..."I can't increase the prices of my products because books, unlike many other things, have a price printed on them,"..."
and
One of the voters "..."You know, I voted for the measure as well, the minimum wage measure," customer Edward Vallecillo said. "It's not something that I thought would affect certain specific small businesses. I feel sad." ..."
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02-03-2015, 06:49
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Now, those that had worked hard to get raises to $15/hour are now getting paid minimum wage.
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02-03-2015, 06:55
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Union wages
Quote:
Originally Posted by MiTTMedic
Now, those that had worked hard to get raises to $15/hour are now getting paid minimum wage.
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And union wages tied to the minimum wage will all be going up.
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