An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.
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There are highly skilled people in the $15-$25 range. And I mean really highly skilled. This is a slap in the face no matter how you look at it.
Well, if those “highly skilled” people are upset with their wage, they need to negotiate a higher wage with another company or their current one.
Easier said than done when that is the standard for all competitors in a given area.
Not like they don't have a choice of red-state neighbors to emigrate.