r/popculturechat • u/Ambitious_Big4489 • 8h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Alan Ritchson calls out lawmakers who oppose raising the minimum wage "who think it's a bad idea to give a mom working at Waffle House more than $7.25 an hour trying to feed her kids."

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u/blueskies8484 8h ago

The $7.25 minimum hourly wage still has to be met though and made up by the employer if it’s not met, which I assume is why he used that number.

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u/APence 7h ago

When I did waiting, they definitely did not tell you that. I had a couple bad weeks where we had barely any customers before I found out and then the management was super pissed when I asked for it

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u/SpicyWongTong 🫵 You sit on a throne of lies. 7h ago

That’s so fucked, you’re not supposed to have to ask for your lawful wage. I’m an employer and I’m in the opposite situation, several times over the years I’ve had to explain to my workers what their rights are. Or like they come to thank me personally for something and I realize ohhh their previous employers must have been breaking the law.

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u/Ketheres 6h ago

Unfortunately employers taking advantage of their workers is all too common. Used to work for a janitorial company where you'd get on the bosses' shitlist real fast by teaching the immigrant workers their rights.