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72: Dying for Minimum Wage or Surviving on the Bare Minimum

2023/2/1
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本期节目探讨了美国最低工资的历史,从新西兰的先例到美国早期铁路工人和工厂工人的罢工,以及大萧条时期最低工资立法的变革,以及现状的不足。节目指出,最低工资的斗争贯穿美国历史,反映了工人阶级争取自身权益的长期抗争。从19世纪末的铁路工人罢工到20世纪初的面包与玫瑰罢工,再到如今亚马逊和星巴克员工的抗争,都体现了工人阶级为争取体面生活和工作条件的持续努力。节目还批评了美国最低工资制度的不足,包括其定义的模糊性、缺乏有效的监管机制以及与实际生活成本脱节等问题。节目呼吁重新定义最低工资,设立专门的监管机构,并鼓励工人团结起来,通过各种方式争取自身权益。 节目以生动的故事和翔实的资料,展现了美国最低工资的历史演变,以及其背后复杂的社会、经济和政治因素。从新西兰的最低工资制度引入美国,到美国早期工人运动的兴起,再到联邦最低工资法的颁布,以及大萧条时期最低工资制度的调整,节目都进行了详细的阐述。节目还分析了当前美国最低工资制度的不足之处,并呼吁政府和社会各界共同努力,解决最低工资与生活成本脱节的问题,保障工人的基本权益。

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The episode discusses the frustration with modern wages compared to past generations, highlighting how one job used to be sufficient to support a family and cover living expenses.

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Hi friends, happy Wednesday! Welcome to the Dark History podcast. I feel like every day there is some new group of people going on strike. And I'm always like Hell Yeah! Stick it to the man. But then I started doing some research on why there are so many strikes and started reading up on minimum wage and immediately was like bring me my sign, burn it all down. Because believe me, this shit is unbelievable. In today’s episode we get into the history of minimum wage and talk about how from the very start, it’s been about so much more than money.

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