Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!german From: german@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Unemployment & the minimum wage - (nf) Message-ID: <34700003@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 17:53:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.34700003 Posted: Mon Aug 13 17:53:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Aug-84 02:10:31 EDT References: <215@idi.UUCP> Lines: 21 Nf-ID: #R:idi:-21500:uiucuxc:34700003:000:817 Nf-From: uiucuxc!german Aug 13 16:53:00 1984 #R:idi:-21500:uiucuxc:34700003:000:817 uiucuxc!german Aug 13 16:53:00 1984 >Compared to $0.00 an hour, $2.50 sounds pretty good. It also looks better >in terms of job experience. When a job opens up at $3.50 an hour, who has >the better shot at it? The guy who has been getting $2.50, or the guy who >has been getting $0.00? If no applicants can be found who have work >experience, the $3.50 job may never be filled. Job experience? I am confused. What highly skilled jobs are we talking about at this level which require experience, anyway? {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david /* ---------- */ Job skills may not be the important factor in getting a job at this level, however a worker who has a record of good attendance and hard work (even if earned at $2.50) would have a better shot at a job than someone with no work history. {pur-ee|harpo}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!german