Are CA state employees’ wages tied to the minimum wage...?
If so, explains a lot.
Beyond that, increasing the minimum wage serves other purposes: It pushes more workers into taxable income brackets (and possibly off “freebies” for which they qualify at the lower salary) and increases contributions to Social Security and Medicare (all on the backs of the business owners).
“Are CA state employees’ wages tied to the minimum wage...?”
Good question. My guess is yes.
Few realize public sector union wages are tied to min wage, even though all of them make many, many times that amount.
Many contracts (most) will a clause like ...’twice the min wage, plus X amount.’ If ‘X’= $20, plus twice min it means they make $35 hr.
When liberals push to double the min wage it isn’t because they care one whit about the poor, it’s their own greed they look out for.