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Monday, July 11, 2016

Minimum Wage?



  Wages have become another problem in retail but it is the big elephant in the room. Not many like to talk about it and if they do it is in hushed words. Those that do talk about it more aggressively are normally the bolder workers who have been with the company for an extended period of time. 

 The problem with wages in retail is that workers do not seem to be paid well.
Especially since they are expected to work hard just like another job. This problem  is not unique to retail though. Other institutions also struggle with under paid workers. Lately though there have been an increase in wages among retail outlets. For instance Target has been recorded to have recently increased the wages for its workers. 

 According to the article,Target Increases Minimum Wage , it has been reported that Target increased the wages of its workers to $10 an hour. The article also states that Target chose to make this decision after the Fight for Fifteen movement was gaining traction among retail workers. This movement demands the minimum wage to be increased to $15 an hour. Clearly this was too expensive of an increase for Target and they settled with just an extra $1 an hour. 

 I think shame on you Target and shame on you retail stores who are still underpaying their workers despite the fact that these businesses are successful and can afford to pay their workers much better. 

1 comment:

  1. hey there!
    I really see your point with this.

    Though when you consider that their product is mostly produced by slave labor, it's not really surprising. :(
    Decisions like this are probably made with the shareholders in mind (*sigh*) the thinking being that they'd need to raise prices (rather than only buy one jet this year!) and that would limit sales...and stocks would plunge.
    Ugh. It's all such a mess.

    Great post bringing this to our attention. :)

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