Currently, the citizens of the United States of America are engaged in a heated debate over the federal minimum wage. As of September 16, 2016, the federal minimum wage is set at seven dollars and twenty-five cents an hour. Advocates of increasing the minimum wage argue that the present minimum wage does not supply enough income to cover everyday living expenses. As stated by Carey, “many working adults must seek public assistance and/or hold multiple jobs in order to afford to feed, clothe, house, and provide medical care for themselves and their families”. There are currently two sides fighting in support of an increased minimum wage. The first group is called Fight For 15; they are geared towards getting all McDonald 's employees paid fifteen
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Those who are lower skilled and those who are skilled. A lower skilled worker does not have any college education or trade skills under their belt. While a skilled worker has either a college education, a certificate from a completing a program, or has been an apprentice in a trade. Those who are classified as lower skilled tend only to be able to land a minimum wage position. Your typical minimum wage position has you working as a cashier, retail sales, security guard, or a waiter/waitress. A minimum wage increase tends to be bad for a lower skilled worker. As stated in the article Soergel wrote “low-skilled workers in the states in which the minimum wage went up by more saw larger declines in their employment rates.” The lower skilled workers now see a significant reduction in their job opportunity’s since companies would tend to either hire skilled workers at the increased rate or just cut the job altogether to cover the higher cost. Another possibility is that lower skilled workers could also lose their job to automation since it would be cheaper in the long run. Then we have the skilled workers who did complete some higher education and even some of those jobs that they have the chance of getting don’t pay their employees the fifteen dollars an hour that the lower skilled workers are fighting for. Instead theses skilled workers tend to know that their first job is just the start of their career and that in the long run, they will be able to reach the higher paying
Those who are lower skilled and those who are skilled. A lower skilled worker does not have any college education or trade skills under their belt. While a skilled worker has either a college education, a certificate from a completing a program, or has been an apprentice in a trade. Those who are classified as lower skilled tend only to be able to land a minimum wage position. Your typical minimum wage position has you working as a cashier, retail sales, security guard, or a waiter/waitress. A minimum wage increase tends to be bad for a lower skilled worker. As stated in the article Soergel wrote “low-skilled workers in the states in which the minimum wage went up by more saw larger declines in their employment rates.” The lower skilled workers now see a significant reduction in their job opportunity’s since companies would tend to either hire skilled workers at the increased rate or just cut the job altogether to cover the higher cost. Another possibility is that lower skilled workers could also lose their job to automation since it would be cheaper in the long run. Then we have the skilled workers who did complete some higher education and even some of those jobs that they have the chance of getting don’t pay their employees the fifteen dollars an hour that the lower skilled workers are fighting for. Instead theses skilled workers tend to know that their first job is just the start of their career and that in the long run, they will be able to reach the higher paying