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Re: Re: Re: I looked up in Australia just for interest..and found out that In Australia
I saw it when I was there many years ago
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Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 10:42 PM
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and of course companies cry as they stick away millions of dollars for themselves
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Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 10:41 PM
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Re: lustorlove
well I beleive the cost of living there is higher
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Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 10:40 PM
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how can companies justify such treatment
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Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 10:39 PM
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Re: Re: I looked up in Australia just for interest..and found out that In Australia
yes it is expensive so people who visit from Canada tell me, I can't see it is any more expensive for living that here or the States.
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Kabu
on March 18, 2013 at 8:41 PM
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There needs to be an increase for sure! I don't know how anyone could survive on minimum wage either! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 18, 2013 at 8:28 PM
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lustorlove
I'm surprisedat the munimum wages in the U.S.A. the best rate here is $10.25Cdn.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM
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What's sad is this is so true. My position as a specialist at a toy store was eliminated. They could pay 2 teenagers minimum wage and still come out ahead in their pennypinching state of mind but what they didn't realize that these teens don't care as much as someone who is supporting a family. Not only that those teens like to party and can't work certain days or hours. I had to take a job as a temp making less money. That job hired me on full time and I was back again making a decent wage. A few years down the road they of course sent our jobs overseas to India where they were paying pennies on the dollar for what they were paying us. Once again I was without work. I couldn't even get a temp job this time. I have been working the same 2 jobs since then. No benefits...no vacation....no paid breaks or lunch....no insurance....
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Annicita
on March 18, 2013 at 6:35 PM
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Re: I looked up in Australia just for interest..and found out that In Australia
but is the cost of living high there too?
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Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 6:34 PM
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Re: when people go to work and learn that by the time they
yeah it can get expensive to work
posted by
Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 6:33 PM
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I looked up in Australia just for interest..and found out that In Australia
Currently the full-time minimum wage is $15.96 per hour or $606.40 per week. This means that most employees in the national system shouldn't get less than this.
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Kabu
on March 18, 2013 at 4:42 PM
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drive a car with payments and insurance, then gas on top of it, then they have to buy decent clothes to wear, sometimes min wage just doesnt help them out, it is better to stay home and look for something better while collecting unemployment.
i will know in a another month, when i file my taxes if i can still afford to go out to work.
sounds crazy, but true, i dont know the answers to all this.
posted by
jeansaw
on March 18, 2013 at 4:15 PM
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when people go to work and learn that by the time they
posted by
jeansaw
on March 18, 2013 at 4:11 PM
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that is one reason the unemployment rate is so high they higher peopel without skills and they can always replace them
posted by
Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 3:13 PM
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I'll have to agree . . . you get what you pay for! There are a lot of skilled workers out there who actually have a great work-ethic, and are really worth much more than $7.25 an hour! Unfortunately, on the other side of the scale, we also have a lot of dolts working out there who really aren't worth $7.25 an hour! What is a nation to do . . . ?
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JimmyA
on March 18, 2013 at 1:24 PM
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that is so correct
posted by
Lanetay
on March 18, 2013 at 10:46 AM
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That is exactly what happens. A lot of good paying jobs also eroded because of machines.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 18, 2013 at 10:38 AM
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