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RandySF

(73,364 posts) Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:43 PM Apr 10

Minimum wage repeal advances in Nebraska Legislature

The Nebraska Legislature is considering a bill to roll back a 2022 voter approved initiative that would raise the minimum wage in the state.

Business groups say the bill would create hardships for small companies.

Legislative Bill 258 would undo the voter-passed measure, which would raise the hourly minimum wage by a $1.50 until it reaches $15 in 2026.

LB 258 would also create a lower minimum wage for 14 and 15-year-old workers.

Nebraska Appleseed Economic Justice Director Ken Smith said the bill would make it harder for Nebraska working families already struggling to make ends meet.

https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/04/07/minimum-wage-repeal-advances-in-nebraska-legislature/

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Minimum wage repeal advances in Nebraska Legislature (Original Post) RandySF Apr 10 OP

Small companies! If you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage, you shouldn't be in business! Aristus Apr 10 #1

Well, if you pay 14 and 15 year olds less than the minimum wage, Abolishinist Apr 10 #2

The reality is that labor is a trivial cost in the price of eggs. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 10 #5

The Unicameral sucks synni Apr 10 #3

And now that so many of the low paid undocumented workers have been scared out of the country... progressoid Apr 10 #4

Aristus

(69,654 posts)

1. Small companies! If you can't afford to pay your workers a living wage, you shouldn't be in business!

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:51 PM

Apr 10

Bottom line!

Abolishinist

(2,412 posts)

2. Well, if you pay 14 and 15 year olds less than the minimum wage,

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:03 PM

Apr 10

and they work at, say, a poultry farm, then the price of eggs and chickens would theoretically go down, which in turn reduces the amount needed for a living wage. So the more children who enter the workforce, the better life becomes!