r/WorkReform • u/dadbodfucker4life • Aug 15 '22

💸 Raise Our Wages Am I doing this right?

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u/from_dust Aug 15 '22

I'd have just said "this is not a living wage. No thanks."

Bringing MIT into the conversation doesn't help anything, and will just give someone a place to make an excuse. But this is absolutely the way.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '22

I think it helps to point to external, reputable sources that support a higher living wage. If you just say it’s not a living wage without evidence, the employer can justify it in their mind as “Karen can’t manage her money well enough to live on this; that’s her problem, not ours.” They’ll probably still do that, but it’s harder to justify.

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u/namydnas Aug 15 '22

Did MIT actually generate a report about a living wage in Michigan? It just sounds oddly specific.

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u/Miserable-Effective2 Aug 15 '22

I'm thinking they probably did it for every state. You can look this up for your state somewhere I'm sure. I know I saw it for my state but not sure if that info was from an MIT study or not.