Comment on California Loses Nearly 10,000 Fast-Food Jobs After $20 Minimum Wage Signed Last Fall
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months agoThey were introduced to prevent black people from getting jobs over white people by having a lower pay. That is the history of the minimum wage.
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 10 months ago
@wintermute_oregon I'm not seeing anything about that.
This lines up pretty well with my understanding of how minimum wage came about: https://www.dol.gov/general/aboutdol/history/flsa1938
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
mises.org/…/racist-history-minimum-wage-laws
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 10 months ago
@wintermute_oregon Key facts here check out, thanks!
I still agree that the changes were needed at the time though, the lower class at the time was essentially a slave class due to low levels of pay. People were being paid so little that young children were forced to work in factories in order for households to make ends meet.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The left loves to talk about Denmark and employees making 25 an hour. They then ignore there is no minimum wage law in Denmark.
That is what changed my views.