Raising the minimum wage The topic of raising the minimum wage seems to be quite popular now a days. Although a pay raise may sound good to some of the working poor, the majority of the working poor might not benefit from being paid more. The sources below will help provide the information that is needed to determine if the raising of the minimum wage would help or hurt the working poor.
Tennant, Michael. "Minimum wage: the ups & downs: raising the minimum wage is offered as a way to help minorities and the working poor, but doing so would end up hurting those groups the most." The New American 2014: 10. Academic OneFile. Web. 27 July 2015.
Michael Tennant writes about how raising the minimum wage would only hurt the working poor. Tennant …show more content…
The real reason is that the working poor want justice. The working poor claim that the jobs that they are doing are worth more than they are currently being paid to do those jobs. Rodgers said, “There is significant evidence that past minimum wage increases have not led to job losses.” Rodgers says that increasing the minimum wage rate will only be beneficial to the working poor, not harmful. Rodgers talks about how an increase in the minimum wage would make the workers happier. If the workers were happier, then they would do their job faster and more …show more content…
For the working poor it is getting harder and harder to get out of debt and to get a higher job position. Conlin and Bernstein said that in order survive in waves of increasing global competition, U.S. companies have relentlessly cut costs and sought maximum productivity. Demanding more work for less pay never goes over well and makes employees hate their job. When employees hate what they are doing less gets done. Conlin and Bernstein talk about how an increase in minimum wage would benefit both the employee and the employer. The employee gets paid more and intern is happier, so the employee produces more of the product and the employer gets more money because of the increase in
Tennant, Michael. "Minimum wage: the ups & downs: raising the minimum wage is offered as a way to help minorities and the working poor, but doing so would end up hurting those groups the most." The New American 2014: 10. Academic OneFile. Web. 27 July 2015.
Michael Tennant writes about how raising the minimum wage would only hurt the working poor. Tennant …show more content…
The real reason is that the working poor want justice. The working poor claim that the jobs that they are doing are worth more than they are currently being paid to do those jobs. Rodgers said, “There is significant evidence that past minimum wage increases have not led to job losses.” Rodgers says that increasing the minimum wage rate will only be beneficial to the working poor, not harmful. Rodgers talks about how an increase in the minimum wage would make the workers happier. If the workers were happier, then they would do their job faster and more …show more content…
For the working poor it is getting harder and harder to get out of debt and to get a higher job position. Conlin and Bernstein said that in order survive in waves of increasing global competition, U.S. companies have relentlessly cut costs and sought maximum productivity. Demanding more work for less pay never goes over well and makes employees hate their job. When employees hate what they are doing less gets done. Conlin and Bernstein talk about how an increase in minimum wage would benefit both the employee and the employer. The employee gets paid more and intern is happier, so the employee produces more of the product and the employer gets more money because of the increase in