Kowace shekara, PNC Wealth Management yana ƙididdige "Fihirisar Farashin Kirsimeti" bisa ga kyaututtuka a cikin waƙar, "Ranaku Goma Sha Biyu na Kirsimeti." PNC ta yi rahoton, "Maids-a-Milking, waɗanda ake biyan mafi ƙarancin albashi, su ne kawai masu ba da sabis ba su ga karuwa a wannan shekara ba."
Ƙididdigar Farashin Kirsimeti ta tashi daga $13,344 a 1997 zuwa $18,920 a 2006. Farashin Six Geese-a-Laying ya ƙaru daga $150 zuwa $300, alal misali. Amma farashin Maids-a-Milking takwas ya kasance $41.20 - wanda aka danganta da mafi ƙarancin albashi na tarayya na $5.15 a sa'a tun 1 ga Satumba, 1997.
A ranar 2 ga Disamba, mun karya rikodin na tsawon lokaci mafi tsawo ba tare da haɓakawa ba tun lokacin da aka kafa mafi ƙarancin albashi a 1938. Rikodin da ya gabata na shekaru tara da watanni uku ya kasance daga 1 ga Janairu, 1981 har zuwa ƙarin mafi ƙarancin albashi a ranar 1 ga Afrilu. , 1990.
Murray Weidenbaum, shugaban kwamitin farko na shugaba Reagan na masu ba da shawara kan tattalin arziki, ya amince cewa suna son kawar da mafi karancin albashi. Amma kamar yadda jaridar Wall Street Journal ta ruwaito, “Saboda hakan zai kasance irin wannan ‘tsarin siyasa mai raɗaɗi,’ Mista Weidenbaum ya ce shi da sauran jami’ai sun gamsu da su bar hauhawar farashin kayayyaki su mayar da mafi ƙarancin albashi zuwa ‘mataccen mataccen wasiƙa’.”
Mafi qarancin albashi na yau bai kai mafi ƙarancin 1950 na $6.28 ba, a cewar Ofishin Ƙididdiga na Ƙirar Ma'aikata. Yana ɗaukar kusan ma'aikata biyu don daidaita ikon siyan $9.28 na ma'aikaci mafi ƙarancin albashi a 1968.
Ma'aikaci na cikakken lokaci a mafi ƙarancin albashi yana samun $ 10,712 kawai a shekara - ƙasa da $ 900 a wata don rufe gidaje, abinci, kula da lafiya, sufuri da sauran kuɗaɗe. A yau, ɗaukar nauyin lafiyar iyali yana kashe fiye da mafi ƙarancin albashin ma'aikaci gabaɗayan kuɗin shiga na shekara.
Matsakaicin mafi ƙarancin albashi yana saita matakin albashi. Yayin da kasa ta durkushe kasa da matakan talauci, miliyoyin ma’aikata suna samun albashi sama da mafi karancin albashi, amma ba sama da albashin talauci ba.
Rabon kudaden shiga na kasa zuwa ga albashi da albashi yana a matakin mafi ƙanƙanci tun 1929 yayin da rabon da ke zuwa ribar kamfanoni bayan haraji ya kasance mafi girma. Tun daga 1997, ribar kamfanonin cikin gida ta karu da kashi 72 cikin 20 yayin da mafi karancin albashi ya ragu da kashi 1968 cikin dari, wanda aka daidaita don hauhawar farashin kayayyaki. Idan aka yi waiwaye a shekarar 214, ribar da kamfanonin cikin gida suka samu ya haura kashi 44 cikin dari yayin da mafi karancin albashi ya fadi da kashi XNUMX cikin dari.
Shugabanni sun wadata kansu da iyalansu har zuwa tsararraki masu zuwa yayin da ma’aikata ke fafutukar tallafa wa kansu da ‘ya’yansu. Babban Shugaba mafi girma a cikin 1968 ya sami matsakaicin ma'aikata 127 da mafi ƙarancin ma'aikata 239. Babban Shugaba mafi girma a cikin 2005 ya sami matsakaicin ma'aikata 7,443 da 23,282 mafi ƙarancin albashi.
Yayin da mafi karancin albashin ma’aikata na tarayya ya yi kasa a gwiwa, an samu karuwar adadin jihohi sun kara mafi karancin albashi. Akalla jihohi 29 da Gundumar Columbia za su sami mafi ƙarancin albashi sama da $5.15 tun daga ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2007. Washington da Oregon suna da mafi ƙarancin jaha - $7.93 da $7.80 bi da bi bayan farashin shekara-shekara na daidaitawar rayuwa mai tasiri ga Jan. Ma'aikata sama da $1 sun sami ingantacciyar yanayin aikin yi fiye da sauran jihohin.
'Yan jam'iyyar Democrat sun yi alƙawarin zartar da mafi ƙarancin albashi a cikin sa'o'i 100 na farkon sabuwar Majalisar. Dokar mafi ƙarancin albashin da aka daɗe ana jinkiri za ta ɗaga mafi ƙarancin albashi a cikin matakai uku zuwa $5.85, kwanaki 60 bayan aiwatarwa, $6.55 shekara ɗaya daga baya a 2008, da $7.25 shekara ɗaya daga baya a 2009.
Waɗannan matakai ne na hanyar da ta dace ga ma’aikata waɗanda kowace dala ke ƙima a cikin fafutuka don samun biyan kuɗi. Amma bai kamata ma'aikata su jira har zuwa 2009 don mafi ƙarancin albashi na $ 7.25 wanda kawai ya dawo da ikon siyan da aka rasa tun 1968.
Cibiyar Harkokin Tattalin Arziki ta yi rahoton, "Mafi yawan sauran ƙasashe masu ci gaba ko dai sun aiwatar da haɓaka ta atomatik dangane da hauhawar farashin kayayyaki ko kuma suna buƙatar tarurruka na yau da kullum na kwamitocin da aka ba da izini don ƙara mafi ƙarancin albashi" bisa dalilai kamar tashin farashin da ci gaban tattalin arziki.
Ireland da Ingila suna da mafi ƙarancin albashi sama da $10, ana ƙididdige su a dalar Amurka. Kasashen biyu suna da karfin tattalin arziki tare da karancin rashin aikin yi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan fiye da Amurka.
Majalisa ta sami karin albashi takwas tun daga 1997 kuma an tsara shi don $ 3,300 "kudin daidaitawar rayuwa," yana kara albashin majalisa a ranar 1 ga Janairu zuwa $ 168,500 - ba tare da kirga lafiyar lafiya, fansho da sauran fa'idodi ba.
Yakamata Majalisa ta ki amincewa da karin albashi har sai an kara mafi karancin albashin da zai hana ma'aikata daga kangin talauci maimakon talauci.
Holly Sklar abokin haɗin gwiwa ne na "Mafi ƙarancin Albashi: Mai Kyau ga Ma'aikata, Kasuwanci da Makomar Mu" (www.letjusticeroll.org) da kuma "Ƙara bene: Albashi da Manufofin da ke Aiki ga Dukkanmu." Ana iya samun ta a [email kariya]. Haƙƙin mallaka (c) 2006 Holly Sklar