Economists Say Minimum Wage Boost Would Help 20 Million Workers (AFL-CIO)

AFL-CIO ^ | 07/23/2012 | Mike Hall

[FlingWingFlyer]

The dirty secret is that the unions get a big pay increase if the minimum wage increases.

Bingo! And that's THE ONLY reason the commie piggies in the unions would like to see a minimum wage increase. They can bellyache about the minimum wagers getting more money and then demand more money for themselves.

[Chode]

iirc most union labor rates are some multiple of the minimum wage, so it the min-wage goes up, they demand a raise also...

[John Valentine]

Minimum wage laws help NO ONE in the long run. By interfering with contract rights and personal freedom, choice is reduced and employment opportunities diminished.

Who suffers most? Those at the low end of the wage scale who are robbed of the self-respect that comes with employment, robbed of the chance to learn the habit of responsibility, and robbed of the chance to build experience and value in the workplace.

Minimum wage laws were NEVER intended to help the working poor; they were intended to price young black Americans out of the labor market, and turn them from citizens into government clients. All to the immediate benefit of the Democrat Plantation Party.

[Random_User_250]

Raise the Minimum Wage to $9.50 an Hour by 2011

I'm glad they broke that promise.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”A higher minimum wage at this juncture will not only provide raises for low-wage workers but would provide some help on the jobs front as well. ......
They also note that recent studies on the effect of increases in the minimum wage on employment show: increases in the minimum wage have had little or no negative effect on the employment of minimum wage workers, even during times of weakness in the labor market”

Federal minimum wage went up in early 2009. Anyone remember what happened to ‘low wage workers’ then?

The Republican House should send the Senate a bill that raises the minimum wage by $5.00 per hour (or maybe $10) effective next week and expiring the day after the election. What would Dems do with that?

[The_Reader_David]

I have little doubt a minimum wage boost would help a lot of workers. Of course, it would also hurt a lot of workers by throwing them out of jobs, and hurt a lot of folks who aren’t yet workers by pricing them out of their part-time summer or after-school job. Of course the 60 million plus kids who lose a chance at work experience don’t vote and neither they nor the minimum wage workers who’d lose their jobs pay union dues.

[terycarl]

Union wages are based on a percentage above minimum wage.....the union thugs benefit from an increase in min. wage....you don’t!!

[clearcarbon]

Minimum wage increases just seem like a clever way the government uses to increase tax revenue. Who benefits?