It sticks in my mind that there is a relationship - as the minimum wage goes up so does “the union scale”. This raise is written into various existing contracts.
Or, is this something out of my imagination?
The minimum wage is raised, the employer shells out more money, which he collects from the customers, and passes it to the employees, which then pass a larger chunk of income tax, to the fed gov. Nothing more than raising more taxes, under the cover of being attentive to the needs of the poor.
Same thing with the forced imputed tips for waiters and waitresses.
Yes, I'm well aware of the union manipulation of this crap. I'm still trying to find out where in our Constitution it says anything about minimum wages . . . so far, I can't find anything.
Almost all union contracts include a negotiated uptick should the Minimum Wage be raised during the term of the contract. Hence the unions are always lobbying Democrats to raise it.
The latest push is to go ahead and index it to inflation so the boosts would become automatic. The Pubbies in their infinite wisdom appear to be negotiating a deal to raise it to around $10/hr. but without the automatic COLA adjustments.
Totally true. I worked for a union and they admit that this is the only reason they push for minimum wage. They don’t care about the poor, they care about raising their member’s already inflated wages.