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As 19 States Raise Their Minimum Wages, the Federal Rate Remains Stuck at $7.25

The federal minimum wage has not risen since 2009.

https://murica.website/2026/01/as-19-states-raise-their-minimum-wages-the-federal-rate-remains-stuck-at-7-25/

From rent to utility bills: the politicians and advocates making climate policy part of the affordability agenda https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/01/affordability-climate-utility-bills-rent #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #YouCantIgnoreClimateChange #affordability #LivingWage #FoodSecurity #RightToShelter #economicslowdown

LISEP Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity https://www.lisep.org/tru "Using data compiled by the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the True Rate of Unemployment tracks the percentage of the U.S. labor force that does not have a full-time job (35+ hours a week) but wants one, has no job, or does not earn a living wage, conservatively pegged at $26,000 (in 2025 dollars) annually before taxes." #unemployment #underemployment #livingwage

“Santa Fe’s minimum wage will increase to $17.50 starting in 2027. The annual increase historically has been tied to consumer prices, but going forward a new blended formula will be used to calculate the annual increase, with the Consumer Price Index making up one half and fair market rent data making up the other.”

Interesting. Any law that indexes minimum wage to cost of living is always a good idea IMO.

#affordability #livingWage #minimumWage

https://apnews.com/article/santa-fe-living-wage-rent-prices-9215167e87e8e168a487304fcdefd626

12/24/2025
The shit you have to learn in your twenties.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16887
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#webcomic,#webtoon,#comicstrip,#indiecomics,#ComicShop,#employment,#LivingWage

12/24/2025
The shit you have to learn in your twenties.
https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16887
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#ComicShop,#employment,#LivingWage

The government had signaled earlier this year that it would send notices that would lead to a portion of a borrower’s paycheck being garnished. Being in collections & in default can damage #credit scores.

#Trump #law #Education #StudentLoans #CostOfLiving #LivingWage #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

That move signaled the end of pandemic-era relief that began with pauses on payments in March 2020.

After several extensions by the #Biden admin, payments resumed in October 2023, but borrowers weren’t penalized for defaulting until last year. About 5 million borrowers are in default, & millions more are expected to be close to missing payments.

#Trump #law #Education #StudentLoans #CostOfLiving #LivingWage #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

The email did not contain any details about the nature of the #garnishment, such as how much would be deducted from #wages.

The #Trump admin ended a 5-year reprieve on student loan repayments in May this year, with forced collections on federal #StudentLoans in default — which meant #tax #refunds & other federal payments could be withheld & applied toward #debt payments.

#law #Education #CostOfLiving #LivingWage #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

Literally impossible to be more the opposite of the Biden presidency that valued #education & those who worked hard to become educated —

#Trump Admin To Begin #GarnishingWages Of #StudentLoans’ Borrowers in Default Starting in January

You cannot repay your loans if you aren’t getting paid a #LivingWage FFS.

#law #CostOfLiving #affordability #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/student-loan-debtors-default-wages-garnish.html?smid=url-share

Catering workers on #strike because they can’t afford to feed their own families. Our members want to work and take pride in what they do, but refuse to be exploited.

https://teamsters.ca/blog/2025/12/14/gate-gourmet-airline-catering-workers-on-strike-at-ottawa-airport/

#strikes #union #unions #exploitation #Ottawa #GateGourmet #Teamsters #LivingWage #capitalism #ClassWar

#LivingWage #security #greed #billionaires #minimumwage #WorkLifeBalance

Not sure who needs to hear this, but wanting a living wage isn't greedy and wanting to work a little less and live more isn't lazy. Hoarding more money than any human could use in 100 lifetimes is, however, extremely greedy.

Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour.” (BP = Big Polluter, Bloody Profiteer, Bosses Pick?)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/05/bp-to-scrap-paid-rest-breaks-bank-holiday-bonuses-petrol-station-workers-living-wage?

#BankHoliday #BP #capitalism #livingwage #minimumwage #workingpoor

We're ostensibly the wealthiest country in the world. We COULD have all this!

#healthcare #housing #education #LivingWage #childcare

I don't have the crayons to explain this to some: we could HAVE IT ALL. We could have universal healthcare, affordable housing, free university/ skills training for all, free childcare, a comfortable living wage, even elder care. And it wouldn't cost you a cent more than you're paying now. It just requires us, as a country, to make the folks profiting off our backs to pay their taxes. To just pay what they currently owe on time. If you aren't mad yet, you should be.

In Germany workers with an income of €12.50 [$13] make up a whopping 19% of all workers; almost every fifth job.
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/german-unions-and-the-working-poor/

the #workingpoor are workers whose income has fallen below the #poverty line. They work but remain under the poverty threshold. They work but are poor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_poor

#Capitalism #LabourMovement #LivingWage #MinimumWage #Organize #Solidarity #unions

#ghosts #christmas #scrooge #LivingWage

mastodon users' tags are always so fucking funny bro 😭

Because I operate a small business licensed in #Sunnyvale , California, I get these notices when the municipal #MinimumWage increases.

Though it's higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour (since 2009) and California's minimum wage (as of Jan 1, 2025), it's still far below what the County of Santa Clara recognizes as a #LivingWage suitable for its contractors to pay their workers (ranging from $23.98 to $27.98 per hour, depending on benefits provided):

https://prc.santaclaracounty.gov/legislative-administrative-policies/living-wage-policy

The county's rates are below what I consider a fair living wage for Sunnyvale, by about 2-3 times.

The numbers keep getting higher because inflation has been about 4% per year since the Revenue Act of 1964 shifted income tax burden from the highest earners, enabling them to hoard massive amounts of money, and the cost of housing in #SiliconValley seems to increase by about 6.75% per year as more people continue to want to live here.