Re:Minimum wage would be $26 an hour if it had grown in line...
by spywaregorilla on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @04:37PM
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I don't agree that companies even try to pay based on productivity, but the first point is correct. Minimum wage workers have generally not gotten anymore productive.
The impact of, say, Microsoft Office has been enormous on the median white collar worker's productivity. Such gains have been much smaller on low skill manual labor tasks.
Most minimum wage jobs in america are attendants, cooks, aides, etc.
Not the classic factory worker failing to reap the profits of improved capital machinery.
The impact of, say, Microsoft Office has been enormous on the median white collar worker's productivity. Such gains have been much smaller on low skill manual labor tasks.
Most minimum wage jobs in america are attendants, cooks, aides, etc.
Not the classic factory worker failing to reap the profits of improved capital machinery.