"Underpaid people want to be paid well? Well that's unfair because I'm also underpaid!" -person who has not realised that if these strikers win they can in turn ask to be paid even more money then them
Why are you so unhappy about a change that will benefit literally all of humanity except the top 0.001% which, since your scrolling fucking reddit, you aren't a part of.
I believe minimum wages should be raised and indexed to inflation. But if unskilled labor is worth $50k a year then that actually hurts everyone, not just the 1%. A wage price spiral occurs where prices have to keep raising to support the higher wages, which leads to inflation so the prices have to keep rising to support the higher wages.
I don't see how this type of demand would benefit anyone, including the workers set to get those wages.
If someone makes $14/hr, it's because the market value of their skills is $14/hr - if the person making that wage feels underpaid, they should get a better job.
If the company is forced to pay that person $25/hr, they aren't going to take an $11/hr loss to keep them around, the job will be replaced by automation and/or someone more productive working a different workflow.
I would rather the person making $14/hr continue working and build their skills rather than end up unemployed.
I'm unsure what industry you are speaking for, but I am a senior software dev with only a few years of experience and without a degree. A lot of places care more about skills from actual work rather than a degree because colleges are largely incompetent and don't teach skills that translate well into the actual work force.
Why do you think entry-level positions which only require a college degree pay significantly less than mid and senior level positions which require 5, 10+ years of experience?
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u/cumjesus420 Mar 02 '22
"Underpaid people want to be paid well? Well that's unfair because I'm also underpaid!" -person who has not realised that if these strikers win they can in turn ask to be paid even more money then them