California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget
Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the budget
This is what it looks like when the government doesn’t work for the people.
IMHO, part of the big problem is that this is a state budget. State budgets are much more restrictive than a federal budget. States can’t print money, and they’re stuck in a race to the bottom with other states in “incentivizing” big business to stay in the state and pay taxes. I feel like we need some proper income laws at the federal level to really fix this.
Health care workers in California were supposed to get a raise on July 1, part of a plan to gradually increase their pay to $25 per hour over the next decade. Now, if approved by the state Legislature next week, they could get that raise on Oct. 15 — but only if California's revenues between July and September are at least 3% higher than what state officials have estimated.
If that doesn't happen, the raise won't start until Jan. 1 at the latest.
So a six month delay?
That’s shitty for the people that were counting on it, but assuming they don’t extend it again, that isn’t horrible
They fought hard to get it and then they just snatch it away. These workers are some of the most overworked workers out there. You're going to have disgruntled workers now. Telling them a week before they were supposed to get the raise? I hope a lot of them walk away. Good luck if you end up in the hospital until then.
So brave. These people saved the budget with their own pay. Oh wait, no, fuck the health care workers...
California employs some health care workers, and it also pays for medical benefits through the state's Medicaid program.
Interesting.
