Saturday, December 20, 2014

Minimum wage - Perspective

The minimum wage has risen here 4.2 percent to $66.45 MP.  That's $4.55 US.  And that is not the hourly wage, that's the daily minimum wage - Under five US bucks a day - and a bottle of Coke costs the same here as everywhere else.  I remember reading that the vast majority of oaxaqueños earn less than $30 a day and that's for an 8-10 hour day.  And I can honestly attest that people here have an amazing work ethic.  They work hard for that money, really hard.  And people wonder why other people immigrate.

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