Good news for GFY-ers thanks to federal government!
 

"The minimum wage that takes effect today will boost pay for covered, non-exempt employees to $5.85 an hour from $5.15. The next jump will occur on July 24, 2008, to $6.55 an hour, and then to $7.25 an hour effective July 24, 2009."

yayyyy:thumbsup:pimp:pimp

but be careful..."mo' money, mo' problemz"

:1orglaugh

Thank god for outsourcing! :thumbsup

That is almost like canada going to 10.00 an hour. in 2010.

Damn - that's nice - I can eat now :winkwink:

Sadly even the 2009 hourly rate is still below most other western countries eg.. UK is on around $11/hour and due to rise a small amount in October this year.

Ha Ha most people in San Diego would kill for £ 11.00 an hour ( $22.00 )

Just a bit over $1,000 a month, huh?

Minimum wage here in Brazil is around $200/month.

fucking Minimum wage here in Florida changed 3x in the last 10 months, it's now $6.70, it will be going to $7.20 in like December. Too bad the quality of help doesnt fucking increase too.

OK first of all it has changed ONE not 3 times. In florida it goes up every year because 3 years ago they got smart and decide to make minimum age be tied to inflation and it gets adjusted yearly. That way you don't go 10 years then have to jack it up to high.

a lot of webmasters will quit adult every year now on July 24th for "Wendy's" :helpme

"Denny's" is now the new TGP

Minimum wage is $5.15 in the US right now???? No wonder the middle class is disappearing... Business's have people working for basically free and are reaping the profits.

I love it takes two years to go from a really shitty wage to just a shit wage.

cool, I can afford the cheese on my burger now!!!

Minimum Wage in Canada
Updated: 07/08/07


Alberta $7.00
BC $8.00
Manitoba $8.00
New Brunswick $7.25
Newfoundland $7.00
NWT $8.25
Nova Scotia $7.60
Nunavut $8.50
Ontario $8.00
PEI $7.50
Quebec $8.00
Saskatchewan $7.95
Yukon $8.37

bingo, and they want CHEAPER labor! go figure. I cant dig up the exact stats right now cuz I am buzzed. but it is something like CEOs made 30 to 70 times the avg worker in the 70s. No it is over 9000 times more.

Fucking sad