And before anyone says "no one pays those wages anymore," it's true that I didn't get paid $7.25 an hour when I first moved back to Indiana about 10 years ago.

I was paid $7.75 an hour. From a TV station. To shoot live news and sports, meaning traveling in weather no matter how dangerous for regional basketball games and seeing lots of dead bodies, then going back and editing two news shows every night before heading out again to shoot the next car crash.

And when I was up for a promotion, I was told I didn't have the right attitude. Because my attitude was things like, "it's blizzarding out right now. I really don't think it's safe for me to drive 50 miles down a 2-lane highway at night." rather than, "sir yes sir!"

I left that job as soon as I could. To the other TV station in town. For a $10 an hour job making commercials.

These are jobs in L.A., where I used to live, that would pay you a high five-figure salary if not a six-figure one. And the weather is a lot safer to drive in.

Yep, Indiana sucks when it comes to pay. I'm sure those other states are just as bad.

That's okay. Me too!

Manufacturing company I work for starts at a minimum of $20/hr for the lowest role, and that's our nationwide lowest pay.

We are constantly hiring

Where would I go to find warehouse jobs?

Go Sox!

"You work a minimal effort job you get minimum wage."

Explain to me again why I'm seeing machinists and web development jobs being posted for fucking $16/hr when that's minimum wage?

Why are people who literally save fucking lives getting taco bell wages?

I love how there's always a quote to justify shit wages that just completely flies in the face of reality.

I'd say minimal effort is simply owning a thing and paying other people to do the work for you. Sorry that making phone calls is so much work for you...

fast food like McDonald's and Jack in the Box and Burger King and Panera bread workers in California will have minimum wage of $20.

What, you expect reporters to…report? /s

States raising the minimum wage in 2024

Here are the states that are boosting their minimum wages in 2024, along with the new baseline pay that will take effect next year. Most of the states will increase their baseline wage beginning in January, with increases in Florida, Nevada and Oregon going into effect later in 2024.

Alaska: $11.73

Arizona: $14.35

California: $16

Colorado: $14.42

Connecticut: $15.69

Delaware: $13.25

Florida: $13

Hawaii: $14

Illinois: $14

Maine: $14.15

Maryland: $15

Michigan: $10.33

Minnesota: $10.85

Missouri: $12.30

Montana: $10.30

Nebraska: $12

Nevada: $12

New Jersey: $15.13

New York: $16

Ohio: $10.45

Oregon: $14.20 plus an adjustment for inflation (TBD)

Rhode Island: $14

South Dakota: $11.20

Vermont: $13.67

Washington: $16.28 

It was at the end of the article.

I wish most/all laws worked this way. We should be aiming for incremental changes over time instead of big bang ones that get undone after the next election.

Hell, for minimum wage though, it should always change based on cost of living as it continues to increase over time.

It seems like collusion because a lot of employers stick there. But that's only because those employers would be paying you less if they legally could. Companies can always pay up for better work if they value it.

Umm, what?

So, without minimum wage, the floor would be zero. If corpos aim for the floor, by your own argument they would absolutely pay less if it was legal.

What are you smoking?? And why aren't you sharing?!

Today is your day to shine. You have received the dumbest first day on lemmy award.

You mentioned the floor is what they're aiming for but without a minimum wage the floor is zero. You fucking potato.

You do realize that anyone could still pay a higher wage to compete right?

You must be confusing it with maximum wage, which is the opposite and not a thing.

That's not how any of this works.

Fucking idiot. We literally put those laws in place because of history. Read a book.

Capitalism itself is the scam, ownership is fake justification for exploitation and suggests a false level of meritocracy. Capitalists aren't Capitalists because they are smarter or more competent, but because they have money, and can grow that money in the M-C-M' circuit.

Minimum wage is an absolute necessity because Capitalists would abuse their power to pay as little as possible otherwise. The only places a minimum wage are proven to be unnecessary is in extremely unionized countries where Unions have all of the bargaining power they need.

Minimum wage means if they could get away with paying you less they would, but if it weren't for those pesky laws. But let's be real here, they already get away with huge amounts of wage theft, especially for minimum wage workers. The minimum was always meant to be the minimum amount needed to live. It's just corporations/oligarchs wanted the masses more desperate because they are easier to exploit. Oh there's middle class, and lower class and upper class. Those are "UnSkIlLeD" labor jobs, they don't deserve a living wage. It's always been a war against the working class and they have us fighting with ourselves over this shit. NWBTCW

You: Employers aim for the floor! Also you: The floor should be 0!

You really don't know how capitalism works do you?

You all are so short sighted there isn't even a conversation to be had. Try this https://youtu.be/A-I4Vsl-AEg lots of background but you can skip to 15min

The way I see it is higher minimum wage will just increase inflation which is already ridiculous. It would be better to tax/cap corporate profits, limit ceo compensation to 10 or 20x the lowest paid employee's salary etc. People not earning a living wage is a symptom of broader issues, not the problem itself. By manipulating this symptom there are knock on effects that will just make things worse.

The shit belt?