It’s been 16 years since the last federal minimum wage increase. We all know that $7.25 an hour is not even close to a livable wage. It is long past time we raised the federal minimum wage, and the fact that we still haven’t is a national embarrassment.
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The origin of modern policing in America has two roots: slave catchers and union busters.
Did you see what Amazon was doing to employees trying to unionize?
But I'm a naive "socialist" from Sweden. 😉
So unionizing is full of risk.
So far, we haven't needed a law, but if batshit crazy politicians gain power here as well, we may need it in the future.
https://youtu.be/3EZ5bx9AyI4?si=qDr3oSZMcXU6gCbG
It's absolutely ridiculous that it's so low
Having said that, you have an authoritarian in the White House who is making himself a dictator who can't be lawfully removed. Democrats might want to take that a little more seriously.
The rich will just move the goal posts again.
I ask because what’s one more?
Senate, Congress, SCOTUS, the U.S. Military, law enforcement on the whole & the PEOPLE, are *allowing* it.
It's vile & shameful.
It’s essentially the training level wage for people without any qualifications whatsoever.
It was never intended to be a training wage. That’s modern rhetoric. The intention was for anyone working full time to be able to afford to support themselves.
Democrats have historically done well when in power, but they are in the minority in Congress
Congressional Republicans are in power right now, and can make change
If you want change, call your Republicans
That U.S. Congressional switchboard number is
202-224-3121
I'm making the same salary as my uncle did working a union (UAW) job for Ford.
In the 1980s. He was a welder. Something is very broken about that.
Home prices have risen 400% since 2020. Salaries have not risen.