Not a "done" deal but as good as. - anon

Posted: Mar 28th, 2016 - 5:24 pm In Reply to: It's not a done deal - CAMT

I don't know what the ramifications will be but the cost of living in California is so incredibly high that even $15 an hour isn't a "living" wage.

I suspect prices will go up and that MModal and the other MTSOs will no longer hire MTs who live here.

I wonder if other employers will have to raise their wages too. Someone who is currently making $15 an hour at a skilled job that may have required some education to get is going to be a little irked that they are making the same as someone flipping burgers.

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So, the state of California is raising minimum wage - to 15 an hour (Views: 900, 2016-03-27, 4:06 pm)
- Of course they will. - sm (Views: 819, 2016-03-27, 5:04 pm)
  - Indeed. - anon (Views: 649, 2016-03-27, 5:07 pm)
    - thats what happens when uneducated people flipping burgers - think they deserve 15/h (Views: 690, 2016-03-27, 5:10 pm)
      - No, that is what you get when you have low wage - "right to work for less" states (Views: 767, 2016-03-27, 8:28 pm)
        right to work for less states - low minimum wage MT (Views: 722, 2016-03-27, 9:06 pm)
        Bad enough to say burger flippers are uneducated - may be an ex-MT (Views: 609, 2016-03-27, 10:02 pm)
        You are right. New McDonalds going up down the street, and I am applying. - but..... (Views: 804, 2016-03-27, 11:19 pm)
        If you actually study the history of past increases - sm (Views: 672, 2016-03-28, 7:13 am)
        All those living costs have gone up a lot where I live. - Plus (Views: 594, 2016-03-28, 2:59 pm)
      - Yep, i think everyone deserves at least 15 hour - nm (Views: 709, 2016-03-27, 10:20 pm)
        That is absurd - sm (Views: 639, 2016-03-28, 8:40 am)
        Not everyone works minimum wage jobs for "pin" money - Working people (Views: 594, 2016-03-28, 1:05 pm)
        You missed the point - LDSMT (Views: 779, 2016-03-28, 1:55 pm)
        Everybody deserves a liveable wage. - sm (Views: 614, 2016-03-28, 3:01 pm)
        That idea is socialism/communism - People should be paid (Views: 624, 2016-03-29, 6:18 am)
        Minimum wage enacted in 1938 - sm (Views: 611, 2016-03-29, 6:42 am)
        So everyone wants to each according to their needs - and from each (Views: 875, 2016-03-29, 5:49 pm)
        Rose colored glasses. That is not how the world - actually works (Views: 574, 2016-03-28, 5:32 pm)
        Umm are you an MT? Cuz last I checked my - paycheck was not much above minimum (Views: 704, 2016-03-28, 5:44 pm)
        LDSMT says she makes $18/an hour. - She has stated that many (Views: 642, 2016-03-29, 8:13 am)
- Where did you read that. City of Los Angeles is doing that. - fellow californian (Views: 657, 2016-03-27, 5:23 pm)
  - Here's the link to the article...it's not just LA, it's - entire state.... (Views: 573, 2016-03-27, 8:27 pm)
    - Sigh. I have got to get out of this state. - fellow Californian (Views: 711, 2016-03-27, 10:11 pm)
      - So glad you understand business - sm (Views: 661, 2016-03-28, 7:17 am)
- It's not a done deal - CAMT (Views: 575, 2016-03-28, 5:10 pm)
  - Not a "done" deal but as good as. - anon