notesMar 30, 2023

"The lowest-earning workers got a big pay bump during the pandemic, but those wage gains probably won't stick, as policies that bolstered wallets, helped keep children out of poverty and hunger, and kept people in their homes have all come to an end." - https://www.businessinsider.com/low-wage-workers-got-big-raises-during-pandemic-now-ending-2023-3

Remember that abandoning working class people is a policy choice, and one we need to reject.

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Low-wage workers got big raises during the pandemic but now it's ending

The lowest-earners saw their wages skyrocket as employers had to compete for workers. But the policies that made that possible are fading.

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Show threadcohan
@notes @socialwork I'm one of those lowest earning workers, working only part time (by choice + transportation issues) at minimum wage, and there was a brief bump in wages only during part of the 'lockdown' (never really was, here), offset by reduced hours... and that was years ago, already...lol
Mar 30, 2023 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadnotesMar 31, 2023
@cohanf
Such a crazy raqette.
I have to admit that I'm surprised by the willingness to "go back to the normal" that so many said we must never return to.
Show threadcohanMar 31, 2023
@notes business must go on!
Show threadnotesMar 31, 2023
@cohanf
On with the show! 🎪
Show threadcohanApr 1, 2023
@notes thanks, now I have Bugs Bunny in my head...lol
Show threadnotesApr 1, 2023
@cohanf
Show threadcohanApr 2, 2023
@notes 😀