• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Holy crap thats low!

    Is it so low that it is effectively ignored and employers even for the lowest jobs offer a higher wage to get workers or are a large portion of PA workers actually only receiving what is effectively below federal poverty wages on a regular basis?

    • Schmoo@slrpnk.net
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      6 months ago

      I’m from Kentucky where it’s the same and they generally reserve the $7.25 hourly wage for the most vulnerable people with few options like 16 year olds getting their first job or immigrants.

      When I was in high school washing dishes for $7.25 an hour the justification is that it’s something everyone should go through to “build character”, by which they mean the Protestant work ethic.