Gov. Brown signs bill to raise minimum wage to $10 by 2016

[astridmyrna]

Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will raise California's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016

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[chaya]

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[astridmyrna]

See, this is why I need to finish my coffee before I post.

[recorded]

I want this so bad in Illinois.

[castalianspring]

Still doesn't seem enough for many areas of the state, but it's a start!

[astridmyrna]

I wish we were like Australia and had a $20 min wage. We already have the beaches, deserts, and man-eating sharks, why can't we have the minimum wage too?

[surealistic_des]

It's actually $15, but it depends on the job. High school students are generally paid between $10-12 and it changes once you hit 18?

We do have $8 wage too, although it's generally cash in hand and so you avoid the tax.(suss, I know)

[muggy_wump]

It's actually $16.37/hour now, and $20.30/hour for casuals.

[tabaqui]

Ten bucks by 2016 seems pretty damn...low. And slow. It'll need to be closer to 18 by then! I hate how even this tiny little almost-nothing step forward is met with 'opposition'. Fucking greedy bastards.

[rhysande]

mte.

[eveofrevolution]

[peace_piper]

So much this.

[roseofjuly]

By 2016 a living wage will be like $20/hour in CA. Hooray for inflation!

Actually, while I'm really glad they are raising the minimum wage...right now in 2013 $10/hour isn't really a living wage. That's about $1600/month before taxes, assuming a 40-hour workweek and 4 weeks in a month. In my hometown of Atlanta, a single person might be able to scrape by - poor, but generally housed, if they owned a car and didn't owe money on it. In my current city, NYC, forget it. They'd be paying more than half that in rent. And with any children, forget it.