• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Okay. Imagine the purchasing power of someone who made the NYC minimum wage of $16/hr.

    Maybe pay people for their time, not what the exchange rate “might” be.

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      2 months ago

      If I’m paying NYC minimum wages, I’m getting someone from NYC, in NYC.

      Sorry lady from the Phillipines. You’re out of a job because they put in this new “outsourcing must be at local wage rates” law.

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        2 months ago

        Do you think anybody in NYC would cry over this?

        I am not sure why anyone in NYC would care about

        Sorry lady from the Phillipines. You’re out of a job because they put in this new “outsourcing must be at local wage rates” law.

        Lol what is your angle here