Comments on: Arizona Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Noumenon http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html/comment-page-1#comment-3720 Noumenon Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:03:35 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html#comment-3720 <p><i>"Most of our camp hosts, who tend to be in their 70's or older (we have many employees in their eighties and a few in their nineties!) get paid minimum wage plus a camp site in a nice park for the summer (the latter is what they really want)."</i></p> <p>Doesn't that make it extremely easy for you to avoid the effects of the law? "Due to a minimum wage increase, you will all be earning an additional $25 per week. In an unrelated announcement, our camp sites available for employees will no longer be free, but instead available for a reduced rent of $25 per week."</p> “Most of our camp hosts, who tend to be in their 70′s or older (we have many employees in their eighties and a few in their nineties!) get paid minimum wage plus a camp site in a nice park for the summer (the latter is what they really want).”

Doesn’t that make it extremely easy for you to avoid the effects of the law? “Due to a minimum wage increase, you will all be earning an additional $25 per week. In an unrelated announcement, our camp sites available for employees will no longer be free, but instead available for a reduced rent of $25 per week.”

]]> By: Allen http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html/comment-page-1#comment-3719 Allen Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:08:05 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html#comment-3719 <p>The damage of things like this goes deeper than the numbers. My grandma is in her mid-80s and still works from time to time cleaning at the local hospital. This isn't exactly easy work. And she did it full-time until just a year and half ago. I'm happy she retired from it. But more so I'm happy that she still covers shifts for people every now and then. It gives her a chance to get out and socialize with people. </p> The damage of things like this goes deeper than the numbers. My grandma is in her mid-80s and still works from time to time cleaning at the local hospital. This isn’t exactly easy work. And she did it full-time until just a year and half ago. I’m happy she retired from it. But more so I’m happy that she still covers shifts for people every now and then. It gives her a chance to get out and socialize with people.

]]> By: dearieme http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html/comment-page-1#comment-3718 dearieme Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:09:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html#comment-3718 <p>If there is an exemption for family labour, perhaps you should adopt the old folks? </p> If there is an exemption for family labour, perhaps you should adopt the old folks?

]]> By: smilerz http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html/comment-page-1#comment-3717 smilerz Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:17:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2006/09/arizona_minimum.html#comment-3717 <p>People are not allowed to volunteer for for-profit companies? That's insane!</p> People are not allowed to volunteer for for-profit companies? That’s insane!

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