@[email protected] to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoCalifornia Dem Barbara Lee defends call for $50 federal minimum wage: 'Just barely enough'wgme.commessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1254starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaretoiletobserverlinkfedilink1•1 year agoThen they’ll only hire people from low cost areas. It’ll be the next suburban exodus, except to rural instead arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoI don’t think so. I mean, theoretically I see how that might apply to a small number of remote workers, but the vast majority of minimum wage workers (and many hourly workers) are in jobs that require a physical presence at the workplace. arrow-up13file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Then they’ll only hire people from low cost areas. It’ll be the next suburban exodus, except to rural instead
I don’t think so. I mean, theoretically I see how that might apply to a small number of remote workers, but the vast majority of minimum wage workers (and many hourly workers) are in jobs that require a physical presence at the workplace.