Tommy from Sunnyside suggests that if the min. i pay rent 1350 and my wife is not working. Prices wont go up and the workers will have alot more money in their pockets.īig porblem in ny for me pay rent is too expensive, i worked derive in jfk and i work for my day off taxi just for cover pill i dont save noting. No income tax or payroll tax on income under $50000. It just means the govt will get more tax dollars. The mayor should look into this and give everyone a raiseįorget raising the minimum wage. I think they should raise everyone wage because everything in nyc goes up and our wages stay the same everything is expensive now and me like a middle class person I barely make the rent. 15 dollars for flipping burgers is more than a private gets in the army defending our nation in harms way. If you want 15 dollars an hour get a career.
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These jobs are for teenagers saving for college or movie tickets. I don't think they should raise the minimum wage at McDonald's. I feel that even if it is increased to $15./hr, there will still be a stigma attached to being paid the "minimum wage". What I see becoming an issue, is the need for the rate at other jobs to increase wages to keep up, so as not to be seen as only paying "minimum wage". They might rise a little, but not drastically. As far as prices rising, I think competition will keep them in check. It's necessary to raise the minimum wage especially in NYC where the cost of living is so high. That average New Yorkers cannot afford?!!! To ride an elevator and look out a window, It costs more than 3 times the minimum wage I'd rather see government keeps its dirty fingers out of wage negotiations and leave it up to private individuals and businesses. her boyfriend or husband is supposed to be helping her out. Most fast food workers are single moms with kids and it's tough on them when their baby daddy isn't helping out, no single mother should be living in a shelter because she can't afford the rent. All fast food workers should get $15 a hour, they have bills to pay and they have families to support and the cost of living is going up. The minimum wage should be raised to $9 by December so everyone will have money to do Holiday Shopping and it should be raised to $15 a hour by 2017. The ones demanding and the business owners can make an argument for Increase in the minimum wage becomes automatic only for the asking.
It seems as though certain people think whatever demands they make for an I also read not long ago that McDonald's is closing about 200 stores. I'm not in favor of the increase in the minimum wage because it then becomesĪ hardship for many business'. Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would be a quick way to boost the unemployment rate in the state - businesses would simply hire fewer workers, and more employees whose performance was closer to marginal than exceptional would be dismissed, and other businesses, including the one that I manage, would probably close their doors.Īs to raising the minimum wage for fast-food restaurant employees, well, if you want to see a $5 Big Mac and $3 side orders, you're welcome to it, although it would hardly affect me - I don't eat at places like that, period. Workers need money to afford community college, pay for groceries, pay for rent and other aspects so they can work their way out of minimum wage.
If people want minimum wage workers to get out of their jobs into higher-paying "careers" as one caller said tonight, we need to give them the tools to do so. Should the State's wage board vote to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour for fast food workers? Do you want to see it increase from $8.75 an hour for all workers in New York? If you make minimum wage or close to it, how are rising costs affecting you? If the wage goes up, are you concerned that business owners will pass higher payroll costs on to consumers? Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a plan to raise that city's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. But the proposed increase for fast food workers doesn't need approval from Albany lawmakers. Republicans in the State Senate said a higher wage is unfair to small business owners. New York State's minimum wage is now $8.75 an hour and will increase to $9 at the start of 2016.Įfforts to raise the minimum wage for all workers stalled in the State legislature this spring. At Governor Cuomo's request, the members are considering raising the minimum pay to $15 an hour. Today was the first meeting of a board considering raising the minimum wage for workers in the fast food industry.
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