the reason the company says no to a higher wage is always the same reason.
A company doesn't always say no to a higher wage. Odd you'd think that.
what the min wage does is prevent the workers from being undercut by other workers who are more desperate--so desperate that they will take an unfairly low wage.
If someone's willing to take a lower wage, it's not unfair. It's actually the fairest possible wage - the wage that someone is willing to pay and someone is willing to accept without coercion. Your idea of "fair" is not based on anything concrete.
They offer you the job at $10.hour, but they tell me I can get it if I take it at $7/hour. Assuming a tough job market, I will take the job, even though it's worth more than 7/hour to the employer.
Wrong. It's not worth $10/hr anymore, as you've now demonstrated that it's worth $7. The market at work - they can either hire you at $7, or I can counteroffer, or I can explain why I'm worth more than $7/hr to them and their company.
If a company wont hire you at 10/hour, it won't do that regardless of min wage. But if min wage is 10/hour, they must find a way to make it work or go out of business.
So you'd rather no jobs at $10/hr than multiple jobs at less?
And again, some places need to go out of business. Slave-wages (NOT SLAVERY) is unhealthy for the planet.
Define "slave wages" if you're unwilling to accept that slavery is the only thing that can offer slave wages.
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Date: 18/3/12 16:35 (UTC)A company doesn't always say no to a higher wage. Odd you'd think that.
what the min wage does is prevent the workers from being undercut by other workers who are more desperate--so desperate that they will take an unfairly low wage.
If someone's willing to take a lower wage, it's not unfair. It's actually the fairest possible wage - the wage that someone is willing to pay and someone is willing to accept without coercion. Your idea of "fair" is not based on anything concrete.
They offer you the job at $10.hour, but they tell me I can get it if I take it at $7/hour. Assuming a tough job market, I will take the job, even though it's worth more than 7/hour to the employer.
Wrong. It's not worth $10/hr anymore, as you've now demonstrated that it's worth $7. The market at work - they can either hire you at $7, or I can counteroffer, or I can explain why I'm worth more than $7/hr to them and their company.
If a company wont hire you at 10/hour, it won't do that regardless of min wage.
But if min wage is 10/hour, they must find a way to make it work or go out of business.
So you'd rather no jobs at $10/hr than multiple jobs at less?
And again, some places need to go out of business. Slave-wages (NOT SLAVERY) is unhealthy for the planet.
Define "slave wages" if you're unwilling to accept that slavery is the only thing that can offer slave wages.