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groundloop

(11,488 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:06 PM Jun 2020

Target raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour

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Source: CBS News

Anyone who works for Target will make at least $15 an hour starting July 5, the retailer announced Wednesday. The company is also giving front-line workers in its stores and distribution centers a one-time, $200 bonus for continuing to work during the coronavirus pandemic.

The wage increase will affect about 275,000 full- and part-time employees at Target's stores and distribution centers, as well as corporate staff at the company's Minnesota headquarters. The company had temporarily increased pay for retail and distribution workers by $2 an hour – an increase that is set to end on July 4.

The $15 minimum fulfils a goal the company set in 2017, when its starting wage was $11. Target raised the hourly rate by $1 in 2018 and 2019.

"These investments help ensure that team members can build meaningful careers, take care of themselves and their families and contribute to building our communities through their work inside and outside of Target," Target Chief Human Resources Officer Melissa Kremer said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-minimum-wage-15-hour/

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Target raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour (Original Post) groundloop Jun 2020 OP
I remember when the rallying cry was 15 by '15. OnlinePoker Jun 2020 #1
seems like a century ago. so much has happened. Good for Target. riversedge Jun 2020 #2
Locking JudyM Jun 2020 #3
The last time the national wage was raised was in 2009!!!!!! To 7.25 per hour!!!!! a kennedy Jun 2020 #4
They are just paying what they have to get help. Scruffy1 Jun 2020 #5

OnlinePoker

(5,702 posts)
1. I remember when the rallying cry was 15 by '15.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:08 PM
Jun 2020

5 years late, but I guess it's better than never.

riversedge

(69,724 posts)
2. seems like a century ago. so much has happened. Good for Target.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:18 PM
Jun 2020

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
3. Locking
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jun 2020

Dupe of https://new0520.democraticunderground.com/10142516648

Please continue discussion in that thread.

a kennedy

(29,464 posts)
4. The last time the national wage was raised was in 2009!!!!!! To 7.25 per hour!!!!!
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:25 PM
Jun 2020

WTHELL????? 7.25 per hour??? It needs to be at least 15.00, more survivable should be at least 18.00 or 20.00 per hour. Damn. 7.25 an hour that is just insane.

Scruffy1

(3,239 posts)
5. They are just paying what they have to get help.
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:26 PM
Jun 2020

In most larger cities you can't afford your own appartment on fifteen an hour.

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