• partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        23 days ago

        Holy crap thats low!

        Is it so low that it is effectively ignored and employers even for the lowest jobs offer a higher wage to get workers or are a large portion of PA workers actually only receiving what is effectively below federal poverty wages on a regular basis?

        • Schmoo@slrpnk.netEnglish
          6·
          23 days ago

          I’m from Kentucky where it’s the same and they generally reserve the $7.25 hourly wage for the most vulnerable people with few options like 16 year olds getting their first job or immigrants.

          When I was in high school washing dishes for $7.25 an hour the justification is that it’s something everyone should go through to “build character”, by which they mean the Protestant work ethic.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        23 days ago

        Wtf Pennsylvania, don’t give us Ohioans a reason to feel superior to you beyond Pittsburgh, Columbus, and pennsyltucky

  • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    23 days ago

    Why can’t anyone just create a yearly increase that’s based on inflation? It seems like it would be nice to not have this fight every so many years.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      15·
      23 days ago

      We’re starting to see that negotiated in collective agreements at the municipal level around here

      X% minimum, Y% max, adjusted to inflation at the end of the year if it’s somewhere in-between

      • rigatti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        23 days ago

        I remember my fairly conservative econ professor talking about doing that almost 20 years ago. Yet here we are. It would be a huge step forward for those municipal level changes to start spreading to higher levels of government.

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          23 days ago

          It’s frustrating that it’s not more widespread considering it means that negotiations can focus on other stuff after that…

  • themeatbridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    23 days ago

    And what sucks for employers near the borders of PA (aka “Civilization”) is that they are competing for employees with states that have higher wages, and with competitors in Pennsyltucky who are allowed to pay slave wages.

  • StaySquared@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    Is there a cost analysis (cost of living) between two states, say with $10/hr as minimum wage vs another state nearby with $15/hr? For example Ohio vs Rhode Island or New Jersey. Now I’m curious since apparently increasing minimum wage doesn’t impact any costs.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      23 days ago

      Last I checked Buffalo isn’t bad compared to comparable cities in Ohio. For comparison though, the floor is the fucking floor. Appalachia remains in apocalyptic straits whether you’re in Ohio, Pennsylvania, or West Virginia. If you’re in Appalachia you’re in a city, a town that’s barely holding on, or desperate poverty.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      23 days ago

      If actual wages increase, of course costs are crease, plus higher minimum wages tend to be in higher cost of living states. However the cost increase is very minor compare to the wage increase

      Basically, each minimum wage slave flips many burgers. So doubling the pay, increases the cost of your burger by pennies. I vaguely remember an article about California’s wage increase that calculated 25¢ increase of burger cost