Ma'aikatan mafi ƙarancin albashi sun sami $5.15 a sa'a lokacin da Harry Potter ya zama abin mamaki shekaru goma da suka gabata, kuma babu wani abu har sai Yuli 24, kwanaki uku bayan sakin littafin Harry Potter na ƙarshe.
A wannan shekarar Harry Potter da mafi ƙarancin albashi na $5.15 sun fara halartan taronsu, a cikin 1997, Makon Kasuwanci ya bayyana albashin Shugaba ya kasance "Ba a iya sarrafawa." Tun daga wannan lokacin, biyan kuɗi na Shugaba ya sami ƙarin iko.
Matsakaicin albashin Shugaba a manyan kamfanoni 500 ya tsallake kashi 38 zuwa dala miliyan 15.2 a shekarar 2006 - shekarar da muka karya tarihin mafi tsayi har abada ba tare da an samu karin mafi karancin albashi na tarayya ba.
Karancin albashi mafi karanci a ranar 24 ga Yuli daga $5.15 zuwa $5.85 kadan ne, ya makara, wanda har yanzu mafi karancin albashin bai kai yadda aka dawo a shekarar 1997 ba, lokacin da ya kai $6.67 a dalar Amurka ta yau.
Ma'aikatan albashi mafi ƙanƙanta sun sami ƙarin ikon siye lokacin da wanda ya kafa Wal-Mart Sam Walton ya buɗe Walton's 5 & 10 na farko a 1951.
Shugabanni suna samun ƙarin a cikin mintuna 90 fiye da mafi ƙarancin albashin ma'aikata a cikin shekara.
Tsawon lokaci guda biyu mafi tsayi a tarihi ba tare da ƙarin ƙarin albashi ba sun faru tun 1980. Wadancan dogon daftarin aiki ba tare da ƙarin ƙarin ba sun bar mafi ƙarancin ma'aikata a cikin ƙura.
A cikin 1980, matsakaicin Shugaba a babban kamfani ya yi kusan ma'aikatan mafi ƙarancin albashi 97. A cikin 1997, matsakaicin Shugaba ya yi kusan 728 mafi ƙarancin albashi.
A shekarar da ta gabata, shugabanni sun yi ma’aikata mafi karancin albashi 1,419.
"Yayin da yawan ma'aikata ke ƙaruwa, mutum zai yi tsammanin biyan diyya ma'aikaci zai sami irin wannan riba," in ji wani rahoto na Ma'aikatar Kwadago ta Amurka ta 2001.
Maimakon haka, ribar da aka samu ta kai ga samun ribar da aka samu, shugabannin da sauran kamfanoni.
Tsakanin 1980 zuwa 2006, yawan yawan ma'aikata ya haura kashi 70 cikin dari, matsakaicin albashin ma'aikata bai kai ko'ina ba, mafi karancin albashi ya ragu da kashi 32 cikin 256, ribar kamfanoni a cikin gida ta karu da kashi XNUMX bisa dari, ta daidaita farashin kayayyaki.
Hasken ja don mafi ƙarancin albashi shine hasken kore don haɓaka kwaɗayi.
Daidaita hauhawar farashin kayayyaki, maza masu shekaru talatin sun yi kasa a yau fiye da tsarar ubanninsu da aka yi a cikin 1970s.
Lokaci ya yi da za a daina biyan shugabanni fiye da kima don ci gaba da wadata iyalansu da yawa masu zuwa da kashe ma’aikata albashin talauci a yau.
Ko da jihar da ke da mafi ƙarancin albashi, Washington a $7.93, bai dace da ikon siyan mafi ƙarancin albashin tarayya ba a mafi girmansa a 1968. Ya cancanci $ 9.56 a dalar yau, mafi ƙarancin albashi na 1968 ya fi $2 sama da adadin da aka tsara. a cikin mafi ƙarancin albashi na tarayya zuwa $7.25 akan Yuli 24, 2009.
Abin takaici ba za mu iya amfani da Time-Turner na sihiri na Hermione don aika mafi ƙarancin albashi da Shugaba biya duka biyu zuwa 1968.
Matsakaicin mafi ƙarancin albashi yana saita matakin albashi. Idan mafi ƙarancin albashi ya tsaya sama da $9, Wal-Mart da McDonald's, manyan ma'aikata na ƙasarmu, ba za su iya biyan albashi akai-akai ba.
Albashin Wal-Mart zai kasance kusa da Costco, wanda ke biyan albashin farawa sama da $10 a awa daya. Shugaban Costco Jim Sinegal ya dade yana tabbatar da cewa, "Biyan ma'aikatan ku da kyau ba kawai abin da ya dace ba ne, amma yana haifar da kasuwanci mai kyau."
Farawar albashin McDonald zai kasance kamar In-N-Out Burger, wanda ke da mafi ƙarancin albashi na $9.50 a sa'a kuma ya daɗe yana matsayi na farko ko kuma an ɗaure shi don farko a duk faɗin ƙasar tsakanin sarƙoƙin abinci mai sauri a cikin kyakkyawan gabaɗayan.
Mafi qarancin albashin ƙasarmu zai kasance kusa da Harry Potter's UK, inda mafi ƙarancin albashi ya riga ya wuce $10, yawan talaucin yara ya ragu sosai, kuma tattalin arzikin ya fi namu ƙarfi.
Babban biyan kuɗi fiye da yadda ma'aikata ke biyan kuɗi ba shi da kyau ga kasuwanci. Nazarin ya nuna cewa shayar da hannun jari a kan manyan shuwagabannin yana rage yawan masu hannun jari, kuma yana ƙara yuwuwar kamfanoni za su dafa littattafansu, ba da bashi kuma su yi fatara.
Mafi girman albashin ma'aikata yana amfanar kasuwanci ta hanyar ƙara kashe kuɗin ma'aikata, rage tsadar kuɗin ma'aikata, haɓaka haɓakar ma'aikata da haɓaka aiki, da haɓaka ingancin samfura da sunan kamfani.
A cikin kalmomin Gary Theilen, mai gidan Theilen Farm and Cattle a Enid, Okla., “A matsayina na ƙaramin ɗan kasuwa wanda koyaushe yana biyan kuɗi sama da mafi ƙarancin albashi, ƙwarewara ce biyan albashin rayuwa yana da ma'ana ta kasuwanci. Yana da kyau ga kasuwanci, ma'aikata da kuma al'umma. "
Theilen ya shiga cikin masu kasuwanci daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar wajen amincewa da mafi ƙarancin albashi a Kasuwanci don Mafi ƙarancin Ma'aikata (www.businessforafairminimumwage.org).
Biyan ma'aikata isashen rayuwa shine mafi ƙarancin ma'aikata yakamata suyi.
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