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Originally Posted by Webby
Part of the reasoning for a minimum wage (not just in the US) is to cover scenarios of abuse. Sure.. in the past it was unions who pressed for standards in various industries, but generally that's disappearing.
In several industries abuse is commonplace - eg hotels and catering. A few would employ slaves if they thought it could be "legal" and acceptable. Employees in a few industries get sacked if they dare ask for a raise above the legal limit - and it's not because they are not contributing or "bad" employees. (Sure, the sacking is done to keep it legal - usually.)
The proposed increase to $7 ish is not an achievement - $7 is still lower than most industrialized western countries.
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Not sure how accurate it is, but I have heard many union contracts are written such that the employee gets X times the minimum wage. These people don't have a hardcoded hourly rate, its 3 or 4 times minimum wage or whatever.
Whenever the minimum wage is increased, they get automatic raises.