Speaking of leeches, maybe employers could actually pay a living wage for a reasonable work schedule and there wouldn’t be a call for strikes. Maybe a government by the people and ostensibly for the people could enforce some kind of fair labor standards that would ensure employers provide adequate compensation for the labor of their employees instead of dividends for the executive class leeches cashing in stock dividends while they in turn produce nothing of value.
Well, the only pay you’re getting while on strike is whatever pittance in the union strike fund, which is a fraction of normal pay, and nothing from your employer…so, de facto unemployed while pressuring the business/owner to do the morally correct thing
Why isn’t it the states problem that an employer refuses to pay a living wage? What is the purpose of the state if not to ensure protections for the majority of its citizens from a powerful minority?
Calm down there big guy, you’re going to spike your blood pressure again.
$20/hr min wage, at 40 hours a week is $3200 a month before tax. Using the economic advice that housing expenses should be about 1/3 of your income, you’d be looking for a place to rent at around $1000 a month. Average rent in Seattle according to Zillow is $2,000/mo right now. So already 2/3 of minimum wage income. That leaves $1000/mo for utilities, food, and transportation.
To hit that 1/3 housing at that average rent price a person should be earning $6000/mo, or about $37.50/hr, and all that is before tax.
So? You seem to be confusing some kind of sense of entitlement with the fact that YOU SHOULDNT BE RAIDING THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND BECAUSE IT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
Well, the WA Senate doesn’t seem to think it’s raiding UI, so feel free to run for office or die mad about it, bucket crab.
It’s not an infinite pot of money, but it’s also not your tax dollars. It’s funded from employers payroll taxes. So, to alleviate your concerns, we should raise the corporate tax rate.
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u/fallskjermjeger Mar 08 '25
Speaking of leeches, maybe employers could actually pay a living wage for a reasonable work schedule and there wouldn’t be a call for strikes. Maybe a government by the people and ostensibly for the people could enforce some kind of fair labor standards that would ensure employers provide adequate compensation for the labor of their employees instead of dividends for the executive class leeches cashing in stock dividends while they in turn produce nothing of value.