All tagged minimum wage
When one argues for the increase of the minimum wage to a “living” wage of $15 per hour, one can easily see the benefit to the employee that may have had their wage rate doubled. Yet, more difficult to see is the employee who lost their job. Employers do not have an endless budget, and if the wage rate doubles, the staff will be cut in half.
When Ivy Albertson of La Grange enrolled at Lenoir Community College in 1968, minimum wage was $1.60. Thankfully, her tuition was not that expensive. "Tuition was less than $40," Albertson said. "I headed to LCC soon after graduating from North Lenoir High School. There were only two buildings on the LCC campus at that time. Being a college student was my first taste of freedom...”
