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This is cool. People screaming about upping the minimum wage.


Posted: Jul 3, 2014

Kinda funny that they want more yet, according to the BLS, these are the statistics.

The dates are June 2013, April 2014, May 2014, and June 2014. Looks like wages are going up, not down. Of course, this administration isn't bragging this up, are they? Wonder why. You would think they'd be proud of these numbers.

HOURS AND EARNINGS
PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

 

Total private

 

Average weekly hours

33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7

Average hourly earnings

$20.12 $20.50 $20.54 $20.58

Average weekly earnings

$678.04 $690.85 $692.20 $693.55
 
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Unions are behind a lot of this, because their wage is - tied to minimum wage, so everytime

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it goes up, their wages go up.

Need more info - Outside looking in

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What type of jobs are these, the heading "production and non-supervisory employees" is vague. These could be auto plant assembly line workers or skilled labor. No one working as a food server, bank teller or other service industry jobs makes that kind of money. They are still minimum wage or a little above it and they are the people who are asking for more money.

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