I have a slight problem with the $15/hr.
In my life, I have never earned that amount. That's with technical training in GM based Unigraphics, Cadkey, and AutoCAD. And also welding, auto body, and G code machining and code rewriting.
I have NEVER earned that amount in 43 + years.
To have a 15 year old earn that amount, just to press a button on a fryer for the results is nuts.
I would like to hear from other Professionals.
You Perceive From A False Notion
California did pass the holy grail of wages [[to some I guess) – it will be phased in slowly, finally achieving the “incredible wage” of 15.00 per hour in 2022.
8.00 an hour is 16,400.00 a year – the poverty threshold for two people is 15,900.00. Nearly 50 million Americans live in poverty. The poverty levels are highest with minorities, 26% of blacks live in poverty, 23% of Hispanics live in poverty, while around 10% of whites are in the poverty range. Minimum wage workers are unable to live without government relief – the American taxpayer subsidizes their wages.
While the age of the employee is irrelevant, typically they are not 15 years old? These are working families, usually single parents.
Even 15.00 an hour is just barely getting along – the gap between those just getting along and the well-off has never been greater.
Myself coming from San Diego, the minimum hourly rate to survive is 17.00 per hour.
Is the question, since you have struggled and never made a fair wage - dispute the fact you are considered skilled labor - nobody should?
This use to be a union town – filled with middle class. Didn't the teamsters [[Jimmy Hoffa) fight for 7.00 a hour something like 40 years ago?