“Among the things that data brokers will sell, anyone who shows up with a credit card is, how much credit card debt is any other person carrying and how delinquent is it?
And based on that, the nurses are charged a kind of desperation premium. The more debt they're carrying, the more overdue that debt is, thus lower the wage that they're offered.”

From The Ezra Klein Show: We Didn’t Ask for This Internet, Feb 6, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000748508591&r=2970
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#labor #union #minimumwage #ElizabethWarren Warren #democrats #healthcare #privacy #ftc

Bill seeks to lower the minimum wage for minors in Missouri

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/bill-seeks-to-lower-the-minimum-wage-for-minors-in-missouri/

Bosses are always keen to “reduce the cost of labour”

2026
Twenty-year-old Ben Walker worked at a Woolworths in Sale for 4 years.
"I have a car, I pay board at home, I've got a motorbike as well. I'm paying adult fuel with still a child's wage,"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/millions-of-young-people-could-get-massive-pay-boost-in-totemic/106101186

2024
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/unions-endorse-end-to-junior-wages/103945336

2020
https://raffwu.org.au/campaigns/industry/poverty-wages/

#Capitalism #minimumwage #rent #workingpoor #youthWages

"Legislature passes minimum wage decrease for teen workers"

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/legislature-passes-minimum-wage-decrease-for-teen-workers/

You know, because if there is one problem that people are suffering from right now, it's that they are being paid way too much to make ends meet. This will certainly help make things more affordable!

#Facepalm #Nebraska #Money #Finance #MinimumWage

Legislature passes law capping annual minimum wage bumps, creates ‘youth’ wage below $15

Nebraska’s minimum wage will annually increase at 1.75%, no longer by the cost of living, and certain teen workers, starting this July, can be paid a subminimum wage that will remain below the current $15 guarantee for nearly 40 years.

#Nebraska #MinimumWage #YouthWage

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/02/05/legislature-passes-law-capping-annual-minimum-wage-bumps-creating-youth-wage-below-15-until-2065/