Yes, indeed. That entry-level, minimum wage job is invaluable in preparing people for a better future. José Hemenez said, Yeah, that low wage burger-flippin gig was just what I needed to get me to the next level of low wage burger-flippin gigs! Marcia Palmer said, Being a low wage cashier in a mall chain store has been such a boon to my career as a low wage cashier in a mall chain store! Brown and Seline point out that employers reward skilled employees because every business depends on them. Right on, guys! As Bill Conway, an unemployed dishwasher explained, My employer really rewarded us for skilled work. When I got better than anyone else at washing dishes and asked for a raise, they fired me and trained someone else to wash dishes even faster than me for the same low salary! Brown and Seline believe that educating the workforce is the best way to give people the opportunity to achieve beyond the minimum wage. A Wal-Mart executive agreed: We simply cant wait to hire a more educated workforce and pay them the same pitiful wages that we pay the ignorant workforce that we have today! So lets hear it for scuttling any idea of increasing minimum wage. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce would love to have the public schools develop a new strategic plan to graduate more students and better prepare them for...a direct move into the workforce. As long as they dont have to pay more taxes to do it. journalstar/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/local-view-provide-training-rather-than-raising-minimum-wage/article_da626a76-032a-5aa8-b279-6f54feaf0ab3.html
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:07:27 +0000
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