THE $42/h ONE HOUR RESEARCH
MESSAGE TO ALL SOCIALIST AND ABOLITIONIST COMRADES
The real minimum wage or FAIR MARKET MINIMUM WAGE for Los Angeles is $42/h and it takes less than 1 hour to learn this, just visit these websites:
1.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Living Wage Calculator: city of Los Angeles, 1 adult + 1 child $44.20/h
two adults + 2 children $45.79
2.) NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION 2023 report: City of Los Angeles 2-bedroom apartment $42.73/h Minimum wage. https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/oor/California_2023_OOR.pdf
3.) The Insight Center Family Needs Calculator:
La County, 1 adult + 1 child school age= $48.48/h-
2 adults 2 child school age $42.62 per adult.
https://insightcced.org/family-needs-calculator/
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It is sad that politicians do not want to talk about the $42/h minimum wage.
But it is heartbreaking that we socialists and abolitionists neither speak about the $42.
I urge you to do this “ONE HOUR RESEARCH” now.
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Arguments pro and against the $42/h minimum wage, linked with cost of living.
This table is the result of a debate between DSA who opposes fighting for the $42, and www.ircc.la/42 who supports the $42.
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Zs6EKHW2LKxjr9T3YJCQIKp5Kkh_yJCdbw7w9ddel4/edit?usp=sharing
