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Target raised wages. But some workers say their hours were cut, leaving them struggling
cnn.com ^ | 10/22/2019 | Nathaniel Meyersohn

Posted on 10/22/2019 5:56:03 PM PDT by massmike

Two years ago, Target (TGT) said it would raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by the end of 2020. The move won praise from labor advocates and put pressure on other companies to also move to $15.

But some store workers say the wage increases are not helping because their hours are falling, making it difficult to keep their health insurance and in some cases to pay their bills.

CNN Business interviewed 23 current and former Target employees in recent months, including department managers, who say hours have been scaled back even as Target has increased starting wages.

"I got that dollar raise but I'm getting $200 less in my paycheck," said one, Heather, who started in November at a Florida store working around 40 hours a week. She's now below 20 some weeks, she said. "I have no idea how I'm going to pay rent or buy food."

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KEYWORDS: 1moretime; mimimunwage
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To: Osage Orange

Should have been more obviously sarcastic.
My bad.


41 posted on 10/22/2019 8:30:13 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: Osage Orange

Should have been more obviously sarcastic.
My bad.


42 posted on 10/22/2019 8:30:37 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: Osage Orange

Should have been more obviously sarcastic.
My bad.


43 posted on 10/22/2019 8:31:07 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: T. P. Pole

Sounds familiar. Our store did the same thing. I have a small grocery list, so don’t mind, but if you had 2 full carts, that self checkout could be a real bear. You don’t reap any benefits by doing their work.


44 posted on 10/22/2019 8:31:31 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: T. P. Pole

Sounds familiar. Our store did the same thing. I have a small grocery list, so don’t mind, but if you had 2 full carts, that self checkout could be a real bear. You don’t reap any benefits by doing their work.


45 posted on 10/22/2019 8:31:38 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: T. P. Pole

Sounds familiar. Our store did the same thing. I have a small grocery list, so don’t mind, but if you had 2 full carts, that self checkout could be a real bear. You don’t reap any benefits by doing their work.


46 posted on 10/22/2019 8:31:40 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: T. P. Pole

Sounds familiar. Our store did the same thing. I have a small grocery list, so don’t mind, but if you had 2 full carts, that self checkout could be a real bear. You don’t reap any benefits by doing their work.


47 posted on 10/22/2019 8:32:00 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: T. P. Pole

Sounds familiar. Our store did the same thing. I have a small grocery list, so don’t mind, but if you had 2 full carts, that self checkout could be a real bear. You don’t reap any benefits by doing their work.


48 posted on 10/22/2019 8:33:10 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: massmike

Boy, if only they still taught economics in school, and it was cool to actually pay attention in class, and oh yeah, you had to pass in order to graduate. Then maybe this wouldn’t be a surprise to the would-be do gooders.


49 posted on 10/22/2019 8:37:47 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: central_va

Amen bump!


50 posted on 10/22/2019 9:05:28 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: A strike

Well three times is good!!


51 posted on 10/22/2019 9:39:19 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: Osage Orange

You know how that happens.


52 posted on 10/22/2019 9:51:29 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: central_va
Sure, spin those 'studies.' How many lies on the evening news, for example, start with "A new study says..."

You really can't know anything if you can't tell the difference between chicken sh!t and chicken salad.

53 posted on 10/22/2019 9:54:03 PM PDT by gogeo (The left prides themselves on being tolerant, but they can't even be civil.)
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To: Bullish

And they lost any benefits they had when considered full time employees. They were warned.


54 posted on 10/23/2019 12:39:15 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: central_va

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcN4UghDtWc


55 posted on 10/23/2019 6:43:02 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: GailA
Use your brain please. Do a web search on "minimum wage vs unemployment" rate. LOOK AT THE DANG DATA. There is no correlation between the two. You do know what the word correlation means right?

Stop listening to propaganda from FBN globalist cheap labor express hacks.


56 posted on 10/23/2019 6:59:18 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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