Two Enlightened Society headlines for a New Year: The Minimum Wage law increase goes into effect today. 29 US States are mandating even higher wages than the federal law. Minimum Wage Gives Millions of Americans a Raise Today [NY Times] And: Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking. “All of us are called to be free, [we are] called to combat modern forms of enslavement. From every people, culture and religion, let us join our forces. (theguardian) PS: In 1978, a student who worked a minimum-wage summer job could afford to pay a years full tuition at the 4-year public university of their choice. (politifact) FDR: “No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.”
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:11:29 +0000
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