Originally Posted by
emow
some businesses are actually employing way below the current minimum wage.... do you believe 80/day? in the city? and yet the owners of the business is rich... even if this gets approve, only few businesses can comply... its really illogical to ask for an increase of minimum wage when there is too much unemployed people... kahinumdum ku gi ingnan sa akong mom among usa ka supplier " nilikoy imung mga trabahante kay gamay kag sweldo... increasi kaha na ninyu para mutarong ug trabaho inyung tao..." the supplier responded" dah, pasagdan ra na namu mag welga2x, total daghan mag linya para mutrabaho sa amu..." and truth be told, half of their employess were replaced with new ones... that is the likely scenario for the new wage increase.... many businesses cannot survive with that level of salary....