Minimum Wage Workers Across the U.S. Hit Hard By Surging Gas Prices

Minimum Wage Workers , Across the U.S. Hit Hard , By Surging Gas Prices.
'Newsweek' reports that many minimum wage workers
in the United States are spending almost an hour's pay
on their commute to work amid surging gas prices. .
'Newsweek' reports that many minimum wage workers
in the United States are spending almost an hour's pay
on their commute to work amid surging gas prices. .
Last week, gas prices in the U.S.
reached record highs after Washington
banned Russian energy imports. .
Last week, gas prices in the U.S.
reached record highs after Washington
banned Russian energy imports. .
According to the U.S. Census Bureau,
over 75% of Americans drive to work every day. .
If you are making less than a living wage,
you are already making decisions about
how to pay for rent and how to stretch
your dollars because you don't
have enough for rent and for food
and for all the other necessities
by the time of your next paycheck, Adam Shah, Director of national policy
at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.
If you are making less than a living wage,
you are already making decisions about
how to pay for rent and how to stretch
your dollars because you don't
have enough for rent and for food
and for all the other necessities
by the time of your next paycheck, Adam Shah, Director of national policy
at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.
The issue of having to choose
between medicine and gasoline
and rent become even worse
as inflation spikes, Adam Shah, Director of national policy
at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.
The issue of having to choose
between medicine and gasoline
and rent become even worse
as inflation spikes, Adam Shah, Director of national policy
at Jobs With Justice, via 'Newsweek.
Even in states with either a higher minimum wage or more stable gas prices, minimum wage workers spend over 50% of a day's work on a full tank of gas. .
Even in states with either a higher minimum wage or more stable gas prices, minimum wage workers spend over 50% of a day's work on a full tank of gas. .
In states like Idaho and Pennsylvania, which both have lower minimum wages and high gas prices, workers are spending as much as 90% of a day's pay on a full tank. .
'Newsweek' reports that while costs have
risen sharply, federal minimum wage rates
have remained unchanged for over a decade. .
'Newsweek' reports that while costs have
risen sharply, federal minimum wage rates
have remained unchanged for over a decade. .
The federal minimum wage has been frozen
for years. It was already scandalously low
when the COVID driven price increases hit,
and of course it has not responded at all
to these increases in the cost of living, Damon Silvers, the American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations's senior strategic advisor
and special counsel to the President, via 'Newsweek.
The federal minimum wage has been frozen
for years. It was already scandalously low
when the COVID driven price increases hit,
and of course it has not responded at all
to these increases in the cost of living, Damon Silvers, the American Federation of Labor and Congress
of Industrial Organizations's senior strategic advisor
and special counsel to the President, via 'Newsweek