Haitian Minimum Wage

“ As Haitian factory owners and U.S corporation profit from the low wages, Haitian workers struggle everyday just to feed themselves and their families. The typical diet for minimum wage workers consists largely of rice and cornmeal and beans; vegetables are rare and meat is an unheard of luxury. A minimum wage workers working 8 hours per day. In the other words, a full time minimum wage salary provides less than 60% of a family’s basic needs ( Eric, par.26).” It is obvious that Haitian factory is a rich company but they just pay a litter to workers. The minimum wage is closely related to quality of workers’ lives. Those labors must work for long time but they are still faced many problems in life.Minimum wage means the minimum amount
When some minimum wage workers have unhappy life, they may be will stop working and do something crazy things. Form the report, the insurgent Fight for 15 dollars movement is transforming the landscape, minimum wage labors want to fight for their benefit(Jaffe, par.2). Kendall Fell who is organizing director for fight for 15 dollars says “Fifteen is a winning political issue. Raising pay for hardworking Americans has always been a winning political issue. The fight for fifteen courage political candidates from all parties to stand for up for higher pay and the right to a union.(4).” It is universally acknowledge that in the United States, the vote from residents is very important part for the election. If one candidate support minimum workers, the workers also support him. It has great influence on society and
They are eating unhealthy foods because they don’t have enough wage to maintain a good life. New research in economics discovered raising the minimum wage will improve many low income Americans(Paul, par.1). In a paper published of economic research, two specialists analyze the data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 1984-2006. They find minimum wage is associated with body mass(Paul, par.2).Date display when the minimum wage raised then the proportion of obesity will be declined. Otherwise, during the inflation, value of the minimum wage declined that the proportion of obesity will be increase(Paul, par. 3). From the author survey is given that the minimum will influence the rate of obesity. Obesity is a kind of unhealthy. To reduce the obesity rate will relatively improve the public healthy. Low wage will not only bring obesity. Low wage also can have other health problems. Low wage workers only choose some cheap food because they just want to fill their stomach. The mechanisms through that low wages’ disadvantage for health are varied(Paul, par. 5). These poor workers have too much pressure on low wages such as pay for rent, no money to buy groceries(Paul, par.5). The stress of lack of medicines adversely affect their healthy and cause some diseases like diabetes and anemia(Paul, par. 6). Raising the minimum wage will effectively for reduce the diseases