Sen. Joe Manchin Says No To $15 Minimum Wage, Possibly Killing Push In Congress ($11 may be okay)

Huffington Post ^ | 2/02/20 | Tara Golshan, Dave Jamieson

[Libloather]

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he does not support raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, throwing a major wrench in Democrats’ already fraught hopes of giving workers a major pay raise.

Manchin, who is among the most moderate of the Senate Democratic Caucus, did, however, open the door to a more narrow increase in the minimum wage from its current $7.25.

“I’m supportive of an increase that’s responsible and reasonable, and in my state that’s $11,” Manchin told congressional reporters, adding that the rate should account for inflation.

Manchin is bucking his own party’s leadership. House Democrats have already passed the Raise the Wage Act, which would phase in a $15 minimum wage over several years. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is behind the proposal — as is President Joe Biden.

“No one in America should work 40 hours a week making below the poverty line — $15 gets people above the poverty line,” Biden said in late January. The White House’s proposal for COVID-19 relief backs a $15 minimum wage, and Biden issued an executive order last week that took the first step toward increasing the minimum wage for federal workers and contractors to $15 an hour.

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Manchin’s balk at $15 shows just how much of an uphill climb Democrats face on their minimum wage plan. Although $15 is now formally a piece of the party platform, several Democratic senators still have not endorsed the number. So far, only 37 have co-sponsored the minimum wage bill reintroduced in the Senate last week, while a handful facing reelection in 2022 have kept their names off the legislation.

[NobleFree]

You are correct.......there are plenty of Vendors using H1B workers that provide services for Walmart, ie; computer systems, shipping, etc.

But Walmart itself still maintains a strong southern accent at Home Office.

What does that even mean? Walmart's labor practices are hunky-dory as long as HO is 50%+1 American?

Look, if you hate Walmart

Red herring - what I hate is the suppression of American wages with foreign labor

Your Pro-Union talking points expose your motivation.

Getting information from a union site is not "Pro-Union talking points" nor does it prove anything about my motivation - it was the first link the search engine showed with the info I was looking for.

As I said: If you have a more reliable source of info, let's see it. So far all you've put on the table is sourceless and dubious claims.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

The annualized increase for the minimum wages shown below is as shown.
$8.00: 0.857%
$9.00: 1.893%
$10.00: 2.828%
$11.00: 3.681%
$12.00: 4.466%
$13.00: 5.194%
$14.00: 5.872%
$15.00: 6.508%

Inflation over the last 11.5 years since the federal minimum wage was last raise, has been under 3.000%. Any increase above $10.00 an hour cannot be justified.

An increase in the federal minimum wage to the proposed $15.00 an hour is ludicrous. I know of no one who has received a 6.508% annual increase in pay in the same job over that period of time.

The Dims do not realize there is a natural minimum wage and a mandated minimum wage. If the mandated minimum wage is raised too hig, the natural minimum wage of $0.00 per hour for no hours worked comes into play.

We have the Dims again trying to buy votes!