Steve
12-11-2006, 02:02 PM
What percentage of lco employees would you say make $5.15 an hour?
How will a vote to increase minimum wage effect your business next year?
Do you think the Democrats will be able to get this past?
Scraping by on minimum wages while waiting for Congress to act (http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/12/10/12102006wacminwage.html) - As Democrats in Congress aim to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour over the next two years, Martinez said that boost is badly needed.
“If I had been making a little bit more, I maybe would have been able to fix the car,” she said. “I maybe would still have a job.”
The struggle to raise the family on her husband’s landscaping salary of $9 an hour goes like this: “The paycheck is gone in an hour and when it’s gone, it’s gone. You scrape by.”
How will a vote to increase minimum wage effect your business next year?
Do you think the Democrats will be able to get this past?
Scraping by on minimum wages while waiting for Congress to act (http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/12/10/12102006wacminwage.html) - As Democrats in Congress aim to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25 an hour over the next two years, Martinez said that boost is badly needed.
“If I had been making a little bit more, I maybe would have been able to fix the car,” she said. “I maybe would still have a job.”
The struggle to raise the family on her husband’s landscaping salary of $9 an hour goes like this: “The paycheck is gone in an hour and when it’s gone, it’s gone. You scrape by.”