Eternity RPC Board
03-02-2017, 08:31 PM
NPA deputy Marissa Toivonen:
Although the ambition to increase the federal minimum wage is applauded by the NPA, and a measure that is long overdue and should have been done many years ago, the NPA is worried about the 3rd section of the bill.
This section basically excludes industries ''where tipping is common''. But it is precisely in such industries, the service and tourist industry, where a federal minimum wage is most needed. It is precisely in those industries where Nylanders suffer from exploitation, and people with lower education are forced to compete against eachother for tough jobs, with long working hours, and little rewards.
Tipping is not appropriete salary, and can certainly not replace it. A minimum wage of $3.60 an hour is, in the view of the NPA, the legalization of slavery. The NPA therefore requests these exceptions to be removed from the bill before it could even consider to support it. This concerns the removal of points 2 and 3 in the 3rd section. If these remain part of the bill, the NPA can only conclude that this piece of legislation is mostly symbolic and will serve to reinforce the exploitation of people in Nyland.
Although the ambition to increase the federal minimum wage is applauded by the NPA, and a measure that is long overdue and should have been done many years ago, the NPA is worried about the 3rd section of the bill.
This section basically excludes industries ''where tipping is common''. But it is precisely in such industries, the service and tourist industry, where a federal minimum wage is most needed. It is precisely in those industries where Nylanders suffer from exploitation, and people with lower education are forced to compete against eachother for tough jobs, with long working hours, and little rewards.
Tipping is not appropriete salary, and can certainly not replace it. A minimum wage of $3.60 an hour is, in the view of the NPA, the legalization of slavery. The NPA therefore requests these exceptions to be removed from the bill before it could even consider to support it. This concerns the removal of points 2 and 3 in the 3rd section. If these remain part of the bill, the NPA can only conclude that this piece of legislation is mostly symbolic and will serve to reinforce the exploitation of people in Nyland.