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[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

I'm far more interested in a wage cap. Top level earner can't earn more than 10x the lowest level earner in the company. And a it doesn't matter the amount the wage is, if it isn't also tied to inflation as we'll be back fighting this fight again in short order if it isn't. That of course is take all of this at face value, and pretending it's not just theater.

Though overall I would still prefer people rejecting the current business structures and making employee-owned businesses the new way. Go Pirate with the whole thing, everybody works for shares. Unions/Min. Wage are just compromises from realizing the true potential and pay of the working class.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 2 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 53 minutes ago)

I’m not an expert, but in that case, the company just splits into different sub-companies, no? The manufacturing arm would have a CEO paid in stocks and lower level workers still make nothing.

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I wouldn't even hold my breath for 1000x

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 0 points 52 minutes ago

The real money is made on assets, not income

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

This is one of those ask for 100 so you can negotiate down to 50 kind of things isn't it? Or just a pretend attempt to look good when it's obviously rejected.

[–] Wakmrow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

It's a pretend attempt lol

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No, it phases in over a few years.

[–] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

You're saying that as if it passed and will be going into effect. This will absolutely not pass if the 15 an hour that's been attempted constantly over the last decade hasn't.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Yes to both probably

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 hours ago

These same commenters will make fun of reddit and twitter for always being cynical and rage fueled.

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Most states have gone well beyond the federal wage so this would mainly just bring it to approximately the norm in most states.

[–] Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

$7.25 minimum wage still exist here in this state while across the river its more than $15

[–] axexrx@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

In my state its $15 but I haven't seen a job in my town posted in the last 8+ years for under $21 because vhcol.

The general consensus is minimum wage is whatever the grocery store is hiring at (they have had a poster at the front door for 20 years now posting what theyre hiring at. Right now its $32/$35 for overnight restocking) - every buisness owner knows theyre not going going to get any applications if they can't beat it.

Even tipped positions all pay $16+ so people can actually make rent.

[–] Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Our local paper just did a story on this this morning. Only 44% of full time workers here make a living wage due to the low wages.

https://www.inquirer.com/business/living-wage-philadelphia-dayforce-work-20260429.html

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Which should be a good starting place

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Democrats pretend to want to do the right thing when they're not in power.

When they're in power, we get more than enough no votes to sink it and tonedeaf celebration of the girlboss energy of Sinema's thumbs down.

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm only 26 and I've seen this happen at least 26 times

[–] mandolrain@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

From 1 to 3 - great!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

More theatre? I would hope not but fuck this timeline...

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (9 children)

Do you think this is gonna pass? I'm not sure what you expect here.

If Dems get 56% of seats, this'll likely pass. (51% isn't enough because Fetterman is nearly useless).

For some reason people here really want to focus on the few potential holdouts rather than the 50% or more of Republicans who are the real reason this won't pass.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 7 hours ago

im fine with this kind of theater. I would prefer tax bills to recover tax dodges but im not going to nope out on this by writing it off as theater. this timeline has a lot worse things than attempts to raised the minimum wage

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[–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 19 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Thanks I guess? Maybe try stopping the fascist movement first... we can talk about empty promises later, but I ain't seen y'all push back worth a fuck. Sure as shit, I don't believe that weak sentiment if ya can't even oust a certified pedo

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

A minimum wage increase without action against the powers and institutions that can simply adjust their practices to continue to make even $25/hr unlivable is just a bigger loaf of bread at a bigger circus. For a year or two the plebs will live like kings, then the new reality will hit. Democrats will do anything to win their base, but they’ll never actually confront the system. Fight for a world where $7.25 is a livable wage instead of one where $25 is just an opportunity for the wealthy to figure out new means to extract that much more out of you while your quality of life remains the same as it was before.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe try stopping the fascist movement first

Hard to do when voters just handed control of all branches of government to Republicans.

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yet republicans manage to get all sorts of things done when they didn’t even have a majority.

So democrats can try harder. Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary.

Pedotus tried (succeeded?) to overthrow the us government and nothing happened to him. He got reelected.

Democrats can do so so much more. As proven by republicans. Yet they don’t. Why?

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 1 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

Because

  1. SCOTUS is corrupt, filled by Republican partisans, after voters gave Republicans the power to choose judges

  2. It is way easier to block stuff, than to pass stuff. So when Republicans right now is preventing a minimum wage increase, Republicans can do that

  3. "Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary." - which requires a supermajority in the Senate. Whereas leaving Trump in power requires nothing. So Republicans "win".

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