Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.

  • YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
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    Minimum wage is simply the lowest full time salary a company can legally get away with paying. Nothing more, nothing less.

    I’m primarily talking about large corporations that make millions and billions, yet claim they can’t afford to pay more than minimum wage.

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      1 year ago

      Can you name one? I don’t know a single person who actually makes minimum wage. Legit question.

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        1 year ago

        I no longer work there but in the last year I worked for a “leading global source for education materials” according to Forbes, worth 2.8 billion and I was paid minimum wage as a retail employee.