By David L. Wilson, Truthout
April 24, 2014
After years of neglect, the minimum wage has suddenly become a major national issue. President Obama has proposed an increase in the federal minimum to $10.10 an hour, fast food workers are agitating for $15, and candidates who back a higher wage floor, including an avowed socialist in Seattle, are winning local elections. In February, the retailer Gap Inc. announced that it was implementing a nationwide minimum wage for 65,000 of its own 90,000 employees (although only $9 an hour).
The minimum wage is an important issue in other countries as well, although we rarely hear about these cases. [...]
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A global minimum wage would be hard to control. Do you really think it would stand? If nothing else it would be a good standard to set for those that we can keep track of.
Bill \ http://www.optimamigration.com.au
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