Comments on: Years after CalWatchdog investigation, bill to end sub-minimum wage advances

By: Bean

Bean — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:38:50 +0000

In reply to Rufus44. Seems as though your argument is uneducated and unrealistic. In as many cases as I know of, disabled workers that qualify for subminimum wage do not live alone and also receive funds sufficient for quality living from the government. Subminimum wage allows this population to be an active part of their community and receive earnings that match their capability and productivity all the while remaining eligible to continue to receive financial aid.

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 03:11:15 +0000

Lorena Gonzalez has been a public employee apologist her entire life…

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 03:10:06 +0000

In reply to Rufus44. $15 an hour is $30LK per year, which is %$1K MORE than this states per capita annual income.

By: Rufus44

Rufus44 — Sun, 17 Jan 2016 00:33:52 +0000

In reply to Richard Rider. You're arguing with assumptions and opinions. Lame. Cost of living doesn't change for workers with disabilities. And no matter how you spin it, $15/hr is not much money for living in most populated areas of CA.

By: Billy the man from G.O.R.E.

Billy the man from G.O.R.E. — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:18:55 +0000

Good on you, Lorena! ‘Sub-minimum’ wages are the CLASSIC american screw-job, and we wonder why no one works anymore. Sweat shops for the disabled and prisoners are so skin-crawlingly EVIL, and big american business absolutely LOVES it. The business culture of this country hasn’t really evolved much since the 1820’s: if they ’employ’ you they think they own you. We inherited this disgusting attitude from the english, where every business owner feels entitled to cheap or free labor. The german/swiss/austrian model is much better: a LIVING WAGE for a workforce that is highly trained and educated. The world WILL beat a path to your door for the quality. It is called the ‘value added proposition’ versus the ‘quantity production proposition’ and it always wins, even in food production.

By: Richard Rider

Richard Rider — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:58:02 +0000

Like all government programs, this subminimum wage “loophole” can be abused. But eliminating this program means that people with REAL disabilities that reduce their productivity will find employment harder to find.

Walmart hires disabled people to fill some slots. My experience is that they are less productive — working slower — and cannot help customers as much with questions.

I’ve always been an admirer of Walmart’s attempts to put such folks into jobs they can do. To raise these “challenged” employees’ pay to $15 an hour means that it’s more probable they might lose their jobs. MORE likely is that Walmart simply won’t hire such disabled people in the future.

But the feel-good proponents of this “reform” don’t care about who DOESN’T get hired — the unseen victims of their meddling in market pricing. And the press will never connect the dots.