May Day Reminder: The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr. UNACCEPTABLE. - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

fightforaunion.bsky.social • 1 day ago

May Day Reminder:

The Federal Minimum Wage - in the richest country EVER - is still only $7.25/hr.

UNACCEPTABLE.

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mlulucam.bsky.social•22 hours ago

This has been the #1 way the wealthy in this country have established two defined social classes: Wealthy and NOT Wealthy. When regular people have found other ways to flourish, race wars, anti-immigrant rhetoric, elimination of social programs, cuts to education, healthcare, etc. ensue.

clybes.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And Democrats had been in The White House for plenty of those years. Spineless and owned by corporations, and deserves blame for why America is in this predicament. But they can fix it now by growing some ovaries, get dirty and actually get shit done ✊🏻

prunepicker.bsky.social•22 hours ago

You grow some ovaries and get shit done.

dustinjcreider.bsky.social•1 day ago

Boomers remembering their youth, thinking hey I could afford things, then telling millennials to stop buying avocado toast and lattes

sunnydazehaze.bsky.social•21 hours ago

It’s only at that level in Red states. For some reason, red state voters want low wages. 🙄

uppaalaska.bsky.social•10 hours ago

General Strike starts 5/1/25:
Unions, wobble.
Share the strike with your local news & national social media platforms, companies and family members.
Support the strikers by working together, introduce a barter system, provide bail, food, sanitation.
https://Indivisible.org
https://generalstrikeus.org
https://FiftyFifty.one

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222cycles.bsky.social•3 hours ago

How is that going??

crescendoofpeace.bsky.social•20 hours ago

And we started losing ground precipitously during Reagan's reign of terror - AS DESIGNED.

mikemenn.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Now would be the time to raise it and then we could blame it all on tariffs.

jegath.bsky.social•12 hours ago

😡😡😡

acenewton.bsky.social•15 hours ago

The decline of the American empire in five graphs, this would be one.

quantumfoam12.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Number 2

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natnicnyc.bsky.social•10 hours ago

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iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•1 day ago

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forrealgirl.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Unacceptable. Disgraceful.

spidair.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Workers in the US have been ripped of over 60 years...

https://youtu.be/aNghg1Y-WIc?si=McCMoFKBaG4NZYPK

h-lr.bsky.social•21 hours ago

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captainwest.bsky.social•1 day ago

The minimum wage was never intended to be forever. It was intended for entry-level workers, who could move up on the pay scale, after gaining experience and ability on the job. Now, people will work for decades at this ridiculous wage. It's basically slave labor.

prunepicker.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Incorrect

crescendoofpeace.bsky.social•20 hours ago

According to what specifics?

captainwest.bsky.social•9 hours ago

What? If you are referring to my typo "$413 billion" instead of million, There was no way to edit the post, and I was too lazy and tired to redo it. We need editing on this site, big time.

prunepicker.bsky.social•8 hours ago

The minimum wage was intended at the very start to provide a living wage.

captainwest.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Yes, but everyone thought that they would get an increase if they stayed with the company and did a good job. That didn't happen in many cases.

prunepicker.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Nevertheless, the intention behind the legislation was to provide a living wage.

prunepicker.bsky.social•8 hours ago

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9075220-it-seems-to-me-to-be-equally-plain-that-no

strangeportent.bsky.social•16 hours ago

In what way was that incorrect?

dennycrain.bsky.social•20 hours ago

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skyhawks.bsky.social•22 hours ago

24.10 in AU and even w exchange rate accounted for that’s 15.39 in USD!

listen2.bsky.social•13 hours ago

People in America love pay check to pay check. Unless you live in the USA, you don’t realise how desperate everyone in America is! The USA is a 3rd country with small pockets of the richest people you’ve ever seen. The poor are hated & considered "lazy" but they are the hardest workers of all!

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howdidwegethere.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Also worth noting: the funding mechanism for social security has always been payroll taxes. If you stop suppressing wages the way we have for decades, you start funding Social Security and can't claim it must be privatized.
When they tell you it must be privatized, know that is all lies

reotto.bsky.social•15 hours ago

📌

imapest.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Has any presidential candidate ever campaigned on a specific target minimum wage (not just a vague promise to raise it)?

imapest.bsky.social•17 hours ago

What did she propose as an initial target?

gayemily.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Kamala Harris

imapest.bsky.social•17 hours ago

What wage did she run on?

gayemily.bsky.social•17 hours ago

well, she said to "double it to $15 an hour" which is confusing so either $14.50 or $15?

she could've gone bigger, just a week or so ago we had all dems and 1 republican in the senate voted to raise it to $17

nickknudsenus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Utter BULLSHIT and a CRIME against American workers.

chorongomon.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yep!

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

💯

doesitmater.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oligarch's have always been in charge

noelkeith.bsky.social•13 hours ago

It’s time for a national strike

https://open.substack.com/pub/noelkeith/p/tranquil-piece-of-mind-vol-2-no-8?r=4c7psw&utm_medium=ios

eddy-comrade25.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Keep voting for the same Parties, though

Maybe after 50 years you will get it

😅😅😅😅

alan-phillips.bsky.social•1 day ago

Call your Rep. and Senators every day.
Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
Email them through their websites.

Tell them this:
1. Call for impeachment. Loudly. Daily.
2. Go see your constituents in the concentration camps in El Salvador.

Or don’t ask for money…

(Please repost)

trninvt.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And it certainly could be if those gains due to automation, were taxed properly and the profits returned to the people as a UBI.

gregcarrhope.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It is way higher in Canada. The BC provincial minimum wage is like $17.25 an hour.

gorubenruben.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Oralè Resister
L A May Day March
Union Strong

satanic.software•18 hours ago

I can't believe we just decided it would be $7.25 forever. I've been in the workforce for like 30 years and it was $4.25 when I started.

billebrill.bsky.social•1 day ago

In Ireland it is $15/hr and free healthcare.

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Ireland is incredible for so many reasons.

billebrill.bsky.social•15 hours ago

And we love Ukraine.

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Again.

Amazing.

calogera.bsky.social•5 hours ago

16.03 in Canada minimum wage starting May 1st

beavbee.bsky.social•16 hours ago

The rich has stolen from the avg ppl

favabean1.bsky.social•6 hours ago

What do you know…. It inflected at the Reagan years. No surprise there.

My whole goddamn life has been a state of decline because of that sock puppet president.

It is probably too late now, but if this regime ends, and sanity returns: TAX THE SHIT OUT OF THE RICH!

fourteetwo.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Where I live, you would have to work almost 2 hours to afford a Big Mac medium size meal.
Beyond ridiculous.
Shit gets more expensive while your pay never goes up.

smittyslogic.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Income inequality is destroying our democracy and that's how they want it. That's why they block people from voting. they don't care what we want (if we're not rich).

tomnewjersey.bsky.social•1 day ago

I counted about 20 states where the state minimum wage is also still 7.25 an hour. Unthinkable.

lindarn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Luckily here in MA it’s $16.50

notsillylikesome.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Guess where those juicy CEO salary packages come from....

hikingwnc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are we still the richest country? And if so, for how much longer?

comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social•9 hours ago

.
Republicans are Trump accomplices. They are all in this together. Remember.

>>> This would all STOP if they objected. <<<

They have now become the enemy. Treat them accordingly!

mary112024.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Shameful

reeseer83.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Congress has completely abdicated its duty to maintain the wage and it should really put future adjustments of it into the hands of the Department of Labor (when it's no longer in Trump's tiny little hands).

paulamcaughan.bsky.social•10 hours ago

It’s probably going to go down.

gramsfortruth.bsky.social•1 day ago

7.25 minimum wage won’t even buy a decent sandwich for one hour’s work.

rsmith670.bsky.social•1 day ago

The difference went right into the CEOs pockets and the wealthy investors.

bostonborn26.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And they wonder why people shoplift.

tcinaz.bsky.social•8 hours ago

UNION YES !!

joegofar.bsky.social•1 day ago

And this is from 2023 data

thejenniwren.teamlh.social•1 day ago

In 2025, $7.25 an hour is a *poverty trap*—not a wage. A full-time worker earns less than the federal poverty line. But instead of fixing it, Republicans want to *punish* the poor: slash Medicaid, add cruel work requirements, and ignore the gaping hole in the safety net. Raise the damn wage.

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bungalofidelity.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Republicans think life is a sport

mandrake64.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Boy, that makes too much sense.

mwrightnuknowit.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Don’t forget they want to give people 5 thousand to have a child…. That will cost 34 thousand in day care alone.

prosegardener.bsky.social•21 hours ago

We need a general strike. Boycotts and profit loss are the only things that can move the needle with these greedy ghouls.

basebsll7.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And how much more would have been in SS?

rojo2021.bsky.social•1 day ago

"The federal minimum wage in Canada will be $17.75 per hour, effective April 1, 2025."

mayhemmaker.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Federal tipping wage is still $2.10/hr which I was paid as a waitress back in the early 1980’s.

scoundrel2.bsky.social•1 day ago

No one can live on that

aetheln.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Still less than $55k/yr gross. That ain't shit anymore, lol

globalsecuritysme.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Unless you’re 6 figures and up you’re living paycheck to paycheck.

nudsy.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Why do the rich get richer?

jasper89.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Your reminder that states can do what is appropriate for their economies. Rural New Mexico does not have the same cost of living as Chicago. Concern for a federal value is a dog whistle for dummies to come running for this talking point.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?eid=243906&rid=387

dj4everplay69.bsky.social•10 hours ago

But yet, they want to give tax cuts to the ultra rich, but do not want to raise the minimum wage to a living wage! This is bullshit, nonsense!

myoponly.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Sadly, they want it to be that a week so we can compete with other nations.

indanorth.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Unreal. To the rest of the developed world, this is unreal.

typomarx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here are the repercussion$ of capitalist greed.

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typomarx.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're either pro union or you blow lobbyists

Talking point lessons for wet paper bag dems
No charge. Signed Gray Antifas

I worked with Citizen Action organizing with Unions across the USA opposing NAFTA

Slick William stabbed us all in the back & signed that shit.
He & trump were pals back then

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karenandrich.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Those in authority feel no need to raise the minimum wage. Low-skilled workers, most of whom are immigrants, will work for far less that $7.25/hr.

choppanz.bsky.social•18 hours ago

How sick can you blame the republicans in NZ it’s $12.85 US

kimwhitesell.bsky.social•23 hours ago

How sad that they thinks anyone could find that fair is totally wrong it honestly makes me mad

niallireland.bsky.social•16 hours ago

It’s double that here in Ireland in dollars …
Crazy that you don’t value labour more!
Maga is bull!

dustinducane.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It’s almost the same in Poland, a country with much lower per capita GDP.

globalsecuritysme.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Adjusting for inflation, that is equal to $11 an hour in today’s dollars. The minimum wage should be pegged to the CPI!

permagrin-falcon.bsky.social•1 day ago

✊ There is great power in unity, collective purpose driven action and intestinal fortitude. We are worth fighting for! ✊

mickwoodydweller.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Only parasitic businesses keep workers on such low wages. So I guess that's most of them 🤔

plantsmandorstenia.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Its absolutely ridiculous. Especially in todays economy

d-kastenmara.bsky.social•1 day ago

Corporate greed at its finest.
#TaxTheRich #$15MinWage

222cycles.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Have you guys newer heard of "index regulating"??

Salaries Fu***ng has to follow the inflation numbers.

Jeeeeeeesssseeeee Merica, get in the program. 😲😲😲

prunepicker.bsky.social•22 hours ago

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quiquaequod.bsky.social•1 day ago

That translates to about 54K per year minimum. Which should be recast as the poverty line.

westmanajay.bsky.social•14 hours ago

It raises serious questions about how you define “richest” at the country level as opposed to the individual level. There are clearly a small number of incredibly rich people but that wealth is not spread across the country

travelallthetime.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Gee, I wonder what happened in 1980 to make it plunge so much?

bigdarien94.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I doubt it’ll change for another few years

lauraba.bsky.social•1 day ago

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pip75.bsky.social•22 hours ago

$24.10 hr in Australia.

morgaine-pendragon.bsky.social•10 hours ago

$30.15 for casual (part-time) workers b/c they don't receive paid holidays & other benefits of full-time workers.

https://www.seek.com.au/career-advice/article/a-guide-to-minimum-wage-in-australia-for-casual-workers

ledrapeaunoir.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It’s almost like the math isn’t mathing because we pay only slightly less and get absolutely nothing in return. Not even bridges, roads or wastewater treatment plants as all of ours are currently graded F

chico-and-boots.bsky.social•22 hours ago

📌📌📌📌📌

chico-and-boots.bsky.social•22 hours ago

So laughable that anyone would think that Canada would want to be the 51st state.

crescendoofpeace.bsky.social•20 hours ago

But nowhere near as laughable that a high percentage of Americans wouldn't mind being part of the 11th province of Canada, especially with the current lot of imbecilic fascist-leaning wannabes in power, having just destroyed a high percentage of our working government, with Republican cooperation.🙄🤬

carlglo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gosh…wonder why it’s being…repressed…?

thatbecca.bsky.social•17 hours ago

And even less for “tipped” employees! Despicable.

bellhui1b.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The Paupers Can't Afford to Pay Tax, While the other 99% on $7.25/hr Pay for Them!

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mpillwax.bsky.social•11 hours ago

To make this chart full in context, the development of profits of corporations needs to be added. Then it shows the reality.

cjtoronto.bsky.social•23 hours ago

It's still too high for them.

They'd love to lower it.

nodietofworms.bsky.social•11 hours ago

The Reagan Era certainly had an effect. The exact effect that was intended.

raisencain.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Standard is 15/HR in Canada but higher in most provinces.

barbcapo.bsky.social•1 day ago

yes, and we are paying el salvador more than that?

realgirlvibes.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is how the rich keep the poor down. It’s disgusting

sba-forever.bsky.social•23 hours ago

This is the major reason why there are problems with social security funding. It’s not population differences- it’s the lack of wage growth & no lift in caps. They’ve known these problems for 40 years but politicians won’t fix it.

linkhogthrob.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Beginning with Reagan our government has eviscerated the middle class.

joule727.bsky.social•10 hours ago

And Lutnick wants us all in this group, generations toiling aways in his fantasy 'plants' so the 1-5 percent can gain additional wealth and live in opulence.

Such transparency should not go unnoticed! https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lnxttdeyz62y

asmrodri50.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Why do we have to work at all? It’s only for capitalism sake that anyone NEEDS to work. 🙄

joule727.bsky.social•4 hours ago

You may be thinking of the capitalism that exists now, which is not pure. We have only known a bastardized version, replete with fraud and dishonest brokers.

But that is beside the point.
What are you suggesting here for making society run?

libbis.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Thanx to strong unions norwegian minimum wage (mcDonalds) is 20$
(Including 5weeks paid vacation)
😀👍🇧🇻🏳️‍🌈💙

dethmetal99.bsky.social•19 hours ago

And I love the argument "Well if you raise the minimum wage, it'll cause prices to go up!!!!!!!" As if we aren't already having to sell a kidney just to afford Top Ramen and store-brand peanut butter even though the wage hasn't gone up in, what, decades?

nroodt.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The is what US citizens voted for during decades!

chey0410.bsky.social•22 hours ago

It sure is the most horrible ever!

trickcyclist.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Billionaire fodder.

berniecullen.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Working people of the world unite.

gaiasearth.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s way past time for a LOT of change💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵💰💵. Pun intended.

drjohn2026.bsky.social•1 day ago

There is no life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness if you are fighting your neighbor for the crumbs billionaires leave for you.

Get Americans Paid Again

Run for office. Take your government back

https://www.represent-the-people.org/

nsignificannot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Minimum wage is indentured servitude.

fruvous73.bsky.social•18 hours ago

It's not much better up here : $8.32 USD.

Hey Carney, get on this.

0utr1d3r.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Time to start raiding the rich neighborhoods when we don’t have enough to survive.

robppm319.bsky.social•21 hours ago

$17.20 canadian in Ontario. even with exchange....

theparamecium.bsky.social•21 hours ago

May Day march, Louisville KY

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michaelfrederick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Which is approximately where it actually should be considering the current cost of living.

lacywardjr.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Of course the minimum wage in 1789 was $0.00. You know, slavery. I guess that djt voters would like to return us to that level.

mindyanns.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Workers deserve a fair wage! The discrepancy between the wages and executives of companies is obscene.

cleareye2795.bsky.social•6 hours ago

$2.13 if you work for tips.

In BC 🇨🇦 servers make
$17.40/hr
PLUS TIPS

and can see a doctor for free.

No one anywhere respects 🇺🇸… and the USA has no idea and doesn’t care.

eileenhstuff.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Oh we know and we are brokenhearted

stopthefelon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Now $26/hour is a living wage! How about a little fairness and justice.

thirdeyeerisian.bsky.social•23 hours ago

You could have just quote posted it. There isn't an algorithm here that rewards fake "oc" like this.

poisondagger.bsky.social•16 hours ago

This should be PRIORITY NUMBER ONE in this country. It would solve SO much. #USpolitics #minimumwage #federalwage #minisculewage #workingpoor #generationalpoverty

maggiesmommy.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Embarrassing

lmurch.iwsyn.org•22 hours ago

A couple making $26 per hour each could live decently. Corporations have stolen the American dream from us.

mlmontgomery.bsky.social•14 hours ago

Agreed. Little ole New Zealand…min wage is $23.50. America..it is corp greed.

vintageaprn.bsky.social•20 hours ago

😡

robynmb.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Revolution is needed. A true democracy is needed. Corrupt Nazi MAGA chaotic and destructive dictatorship, must be toppled, then made into great compost - for healing and rebuilding America, after the goons are imprisoned.

wenleh.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Thug don’t care

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czech-queen.bsky.social•19 hours ago

In my working lifetime, I have known the minimum wage to increase appx. $1.00 per decade! I started working in 1977 for $3.25 per hour.

mktsutherland.bsky.social•23 hours ago

As shouted at this evenings rally - Poverty Wages are outrageous!

gsnyder.bsky.social•23 hours ago

But, but, how do we afford to pay CEO's like Elon $56 Billion? We couldn't possibly pay front-line workers a living wage. That would bankrupt us.

dirtside.bsky.social•22 hours ago

remember, folks: profits are just unpaid wages. Workers do the work that generates all the profit, but they don't get to keep any of it.

minourouge.bsky.social•1 day ago

It will be perfect for when the manufacturing jobs from Asia are rapatriated in the US otherwise your iPhone would cost 3,000$

frankacker.bsky.social•22 hours ago

So you have to work one hour to afford an egg Mcmuffin. 😔

schoefaz.bsky.social•1 day ago

and now please superimpose a graph showing how much of the wealth generated then and now relates to the total number of workers, so that you can clearly see where the wealth is going.

christianflee.bsky.social•11 hours ago

It's close to $18/hr. in Canada.

retinco.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yet, Congress gives themselves a raise every time they turn around. At this point, they are the biggest waste of money there is.

karlkoons3.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Minimum wage is a poverty-level wage
Full time at $7.25/hr is $14,500/yr
The 2025 Federal Poverty Level Guideline for a single person is $15,650
Any questions?

thomasjay.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The richest third world country ever

tredewin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is $26 enough? I often tell people about my experience working for minimum wage in 1978. I rented a studio cottage, 300 feet from the ocean cliffs, in San Diego. $50 a month, Furnished with utilities. The diner down the street had a "Blue Plate Special" on week days for about $2. Not today.

ledrapeaunoir.bsky.social•23 hours ago

No. It’s not enough. You couldn’t afford a one bedroom on that wage in most places now. Let alone a car payment, student loan, utilities and grocery’s. And with stagflation about to hit it’s going to get much worse

derkoolschrank.bsky.social•1 day ago

MAY DAY
INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY
salutations from Der Koolschrank & Koolschrank Press

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mcvlc.bsky.social•1 day ago

People who don’t work in minimum wage jobs should not ignore this resistance for a living wage. When the minimum is increased, everyone’s wage/salary must increase.

fauli.bsky.social•14 hours ago

As an export nation, Germany faces tough competition from other countries. And yet, it has a minimum wage of 12.82 euros (abt 14.51 USD).

Oh, and we have social security and medical care for everyone.

But I never heard that we are a socialist country, not to mention a communist one.

chrisjauthor.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Same, £12.21 & the NHS. 🇬🇧
Many Americans use 'Socialist' as a slur. If only they knew...

sauvez-nos-ames.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Wonder what happened to reverse the trend? Hey, is that when we started to think that actors would make good presidents?

jema9.bsky.social•1 day ago

$26 an hour lmao!!!! Most 4-year degrees can’t even get you close to that.

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I made that teaching in Florida before staying home with my kids.

TBH, we're never home because we're too busy going to museums, cultural festivals, etc.

sandrathesailorman.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're right! This is completely unacceptable.

lyngianni.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Then maybe people could actually afford rent and living expenses.
It is a great tragedy that in such a rich country, there are so many people working really hard but still barely getting by.
The system stinks.

ubernostrum.bsky.social•16 hours ago

If Robert Reich gets his way you won't be able to afford rent, because he's a NIMBY who thinks building enough housing to bring the rents down would ruin the character of his lovely neighborhood.

listen2.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Tell me you don't watch or read anything about Robert Reich without telling me.

ubernostrum.bsky.social•13 hours ago

He literally tried to get an old run-down house designated a “landmark” to prevent it being torn down and redeveloped multifamily. Classic NIMBY tactic. Sorry but not sorry that your fave is problematic.

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/01/26/city-council-wont-preserve-132-year-old-north-berkeley-house-berrryman-street

ubernostrum.bsky.social•13 hours ago

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aviendha69.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Oh no! he's not 100% perfect!

veryangrycat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do not forget to tip!

helenceri.bsky.social•22 hours ago

That's outrageous. Minimum wage in UK is more than double that and it's still not enough. How the hell are US workers surviving?

loriah2025.bsky.social•10 hours ago

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vaggiman.bsky.social•1 day ago

When international students stop coming to the USA you will then realize the importance of immigrants and the correlation to USA GDP
Elon Musk-South African immigrant
Google-cofounders Russian immigrants
NVIDIA-Taiwan(Chinese) immigrant
NASA-German immigrants
USA will lose in the long run

swordygryph.bsky.social•7 hours ago

That's also why a milkman could provide for a family back then. Now, not even two adults can. Pay workers fairly and society thrives.

stephaniebumpus.bsky.social•20 hours ago

About $6 they let you keep

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

An absolute disgrace

shankspeare.bsky.social•21 hours ago

If Republicans could make the minimum wage a blow job, they would. This is nothing new.

the-racket.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Very odd that about the second presidential term in 1984 the minimum wage no longer aligned. Wonder what happened in 1983 and 1984

montealto.bsky.social•18 hours ago

MEANWHILE IN CANADA: Starting wage for a McDonald's employee in Kelowna, B.C. where I live, is $17.50

celiebug.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And how much are the CEOs getting paid an hour?

citizenofgilead.bsky.social•1 day ago

US prosperity for the working man died with JFK…

herman7.bsky.social•1 day ago

Keep em poor wanting failing stupid and dependent

balamy.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Minimum wage is around $18 in Canada.

patbig.bsky.social•9 hours ago

16,10$ in Québec, to be precise.

mahgrh.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Raising the minimum wage is the surest way to help the working class. Manufacturing jobs didn’t improve people’s lives— union fights and strikes improved people’s lives.

tinlizzy49.bsky.social•21 hours ago

In 1938 minimum wage was .25 an hour (520.00 yr.), Congressional pay $10,000.00 a year. 2009 minimum wage was 7.25 an hour (15,080.00), Congressional pay $174,000.00. Congress really took care of themselves.

listen2.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Wow. Following just for these interesting facts.

weirdlys.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And they wonder why people can’t afford to have kids

jasonegenberg.bsky.social•19 hours ago

100 days in, Trump’s second term isn’t governing—it’s gutting. Agencies purged. Courts defied. Science silenced. This isn’t chaos—it’s the plan. A blistering, fact-checked exposé of the authoritarian machine now running America.

https://jasonegenberg.substack.com/p/the-broken-mirror-100-days-into-the

bakerica.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Wait till you hear how much restaurant employees make.

zilla777.bsky.social•6 hours ago

about $15/hr on average?

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harmonious3.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Tip should not be counted as hourly wage.

scoho.bsky.social•1 day ago

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gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social•21 hours ago

America got a raise every five years until 1970. Since then, the only people making money are c-suite executives, and wealthy investors.

oldmanjim77.bsky.social•23 hours ago

There's no denying who has been calling the shots on wages in the US.
Both parties are guilty of turning our workers into slaves.
Now the GOP hopes to screw people out of the Social Security and Medicare benefits that they've paid for all their lives.
Project 2025 envisions a master/slave society.

prunepicker.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Only Republicans.

typartridge.bsky.social•1 day ago

“You load 16 tons and what do ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” We have seen this movie before.

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Yes, we have.

00dad.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Meanwhile, a small number of oligarchs have obscene wealth—more then they could possibly spend in their entire lives.

publiclandwonk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not only that, but the Social Security trust fund would be solvent and regular folks could afford higher property taxes to fund local public schools and school teachers.

cherylbluewave.bsky.social•22 hours ago

mwrightnuknowit.bsky.social•20 hours ago

$12 in 1980 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $46.57 today

fuzzy40.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The question is with ORANGE BAFFOON 🦧running things we may end up being the poorest Country EVER‼️🤑🦧

greysky209.bsky.social•18 hours ago

FYI, $20.76 in Seattle, WA.

7.25 in Birmingham, Alabama.

Just saying.

facendacrowd1.bsky.social•7 hours ago

I'm curious to know what federal jobs people are doing for $7.25 and hr and where?

kaisersbiggestfans.bsky.social•1 day ago

NO ONE can live on this !!!!!
I think we give trump this paycheck and see how he lives on it.

tanpenguin.bsky.social•19 hours ago

If the Dems actually care about the workers, why haven't they addressed this at one of the many occasions when they had full control of government?

Could it be that they are no better than the GOP when it comes to bending the knee to the ultra-wealthy?

I wonder. 🤔

efbigtiz.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Tell me when they had full control. Even under obama we had multiple Republicans pretending to be democrats

btbandit.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Both are just greedy capitalists.

dreadfuldostuff.bsky.social•18 hours ago

This isn't about money anymore this is about livelyhoods, we're all being screwed, wake the fuck up

boy-rat.bsky.social•16 hours ago

I’ve been fortunate to live in a few different countries and do can say that the USA is so far behind the rest of the western world on this it sometimes acts as if it were an emerging economy. We like to pretend we’re the greatest country on earth but by which metric? Debt?
We don’t take care of

boy-rat.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Our own citizens, leaving veterans homeless and allowing a few rich grifters to profit while thousands suffer to pay for it.

The fact that in this so called greatest country there are those in medical debt is disgraceful

We are not the greatest nation- we’ve not been for some time

morgaine-pendragon.bsky.social•10 hours ago

Never have been.

No society built on slavery & genocide, that has engaged in imperialist assassinations of democratically elected (& other) leaders throughout its existence can be called "great".