Why Increasing the Minimum Wage Just Makes Sense

[BethMomDem]

The factory manufactured the raw materials for making lenses. My fellow workers and I cleaned the lenses of impurities as they came hot off the machine.

Without using any gloves, we had to take off a thin plastic sheet covering the lenses. I often cut my fingertips doing this.

After that, we would clean them gently with ammonia. We had no masks, and the fumes of the cleaning materials got stuck on our clothes and noses. It was hard to shake off the smell of ammonia at the end of the day.

We worked standing up during the entire 8-hour shift while keeping a fearful eye out for the boss, who screamed at us for pretty much anything.
http://ellabakercenter.org/blog/2013/07/why-increasing-the-minimum-wage-just-makes-sense

[BethMomDem]

1. Full-time Workers Shouldn’t Struggle in Poverty

The federal minimum wage for all workers has stagnated at $7.25 per hour, and the sub-minimum wage for workers earning tips has remained frozen at $2.13 per hour for over two decades.

As a result, millions of Americans find themselves struggling in poverty even while working a full-time job.

Though many work 40 hours or more each week, their wages are low enough that they must rely on food stamps and other public benefits to sustain themselves and their families.

Raising the minimum wage is not just a matter of justice. It is crucial for lifting up families and breaking cycles of poverty.
http://ellabakercenter.org/blog/2013/07/why-increasing-the-minimum-wage-just-makes-sense

[Dustlawyer]

2. The Plutocracy is trying to equalize our labor rate

with that of 3rd world countries. This is why they dumb down and under-fund public education and make higher education harder to obtain.