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prosthetichead44 t1_j0h1xjm wrote

If minimum wage kept up with inflation and rose in step with productivity it would be approximately $21.50 per hour. (Source)

The working class is getting fucked by the ownership class.

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Shake-Spear4666 OP t1_j0hh01o wrote

Same as it ever was : (

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Lieutenant_Joe t1_j0hl4cu wrote

There were a few years at the beginning of last century where it wasn’t like that

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monsterscallinghome t1_j0hlwa9 wrote

Those wouldn't be the same years when we had an active, militant labor movement with widespread union membership in solidarity with active movements around socialism, anarchism, and an active communist party would they?

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