• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “American CEO Robert Isom this week sent a video message offering a 17% wage increase, just enough to push new Boston and Miami flight attendants above food stamp eligibility.”

    So… wait… they need a 17% raise to just barely beat the food stamp threshhold?

    In my state, for a single person, that’s ​$29,160 a year or ​$565 a week.

    Their income would have to be 24,924 a year for a 17% raise ($4,237.08) to put them barely ahead of the food stamp line, $29,161.08.

    479.31 a week to 560.79 a week.

    So right now they’re making $11.98 an hour? The new wage would be $14.02 an hour?

    Should we be tipping them now?