If that news generates a big yawn, or a "how the heck can anyone live on that?" there's hope.
A new petition to very gradually raise Florida's minimum wage to $15/hour just got enough signatures to make the ballot in November. It would raise the minimum wage to $10 in September 2021, and then go up $1 annually after that. So it wouldn't be until 2026 that it finally gets to $15.
Hey, at least it's something. Other states have already raised minimum wage to $15: California will have it by 2022, New York by 2020. Washington's will be $13.50 in 2020. Arizona and Colorado have raised theirs to $12 effective in 2020. Oregon's is currently $11.25 and will be $13.50 by 2022.
Surely Florida can do at least as well as these states for its workers. To me, the ballot measure is a no-brainer. The current minimum wage means people working those jobs live below the poverty line. If you're thinking folks should just get a better job, that doesn't solve the problem, does it? It just means that some other worker will live in poverty instead. Do you really believe that some full time jobs need to be done but the people who do them should live in poverty? I didn't think so.
Make sure you vote in November to raise the minimum wage in Florida.
If you think minimum wage is too low and want to help, then check out the Fight for 15. They are teaching workers to organize to fight for better wages.
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