• stembolts@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    The population always pays. Why?

    Build a guillotine, leave it outside of City Hall.

    See if they can find the money then.

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    5 months ago

    Health care workers in California were supposed to get a raise on July 1, part of a plan to gradually increase their pay to $25 per hour over the next decade. Now, if approved by the state Legislature next week, they could get that raise on Oct. 15 — but only if California’s revenues between July and September are at least 3% higher than what state officials have estimated.

    If that doesn’t happen, the raise won’t start until Jan. 1 at the latest.

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      5 months ago

      It sucks, but honestly we have to pick our battles and I don’t think a three-to-six month delay is really worth fighting to the death over

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        When they got you by the balls, do you like them to twist them too?

        Standing up for worker rights is a continuous process.