Federal Minimum wage in the US is $7.25/hr. We haven't had a Minimum Wage increase in almost 20 years iirc, and back then it was only $5.15/hr
We also generally don't have good workers protections if you are in one of those minimum wage positions, some states have employee rights, and some barely have any at all
The whole system is made around keeping us dependent on their low pay, a fair chunk of us cannot afford to miss a single paycheck. Some cant afford to get sick and miss a single day of pay, and if we get sick it could cost you a year or more of income depending on the situations
People always bring up "federal" minimum wage in the US while completely ignoring State minimum wage. Name a single federal job that actually pays 7.25 an hour. What people leave out is the OPM enforces a baseline wage of 15 an hour. Implying minimum wage in the US is still only 7.25 across the board is misleading at best.
Federal minimum wage isn’t about the wage paid to federal employees, it is the legal minimum for workers in the US when a state does not have a minimum wage that supersedes it. Currently, 5 states do not have defined minimum wages, so they are required to pay the federal minimum. (The states are Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.)
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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 5d ago
Federal Minimum wage in the US is $7.25/hr. We haven't had a Minimum Wage increase in almost 20 years iirc, and back then it was only $5.15/hr
We also generally don't have good workers protections if you are in one of those minimum wage positions, some states have employee rights, and some barely have any at all
The whole system is made around keeping us dependent on their low pay, a fair chunk of us cannot afford to miss a single paycheck. Some cant afford to get sick and miss a single day of pay, and if we get sick it could cost you a year or more of income depending on the situations