Days after minimum wage rises, Maine diner near nh cuts staff hours. (home, salary)

[G1..]

Originally Posted by Submariner

It will be a toss-up.

Both the recently unemployed and the retirees with shrinking buying power, will both see roughly the same level of benefit.

Actually it will help both groups.I know many retirees that supplement their retirement with part time work.As for the "recently "unemployed" as you say maybe can only find part time work and will be making better money.Reguardless there will be more money for those who are making it to spend or save.

[kevin5098]

Originally Posted by G1..

But that is not what happen.

No,that is not what happened. It was what Nexxlinx management projects will happen. That is being proactive and not waiting until the SHTF. The effect is still the same- 100 employees laid off.

[kevin5098]

Originally Posted by G1..

Actually it will help both groups.I know many retirees that supplement their retirement with part time work.As for the "recently "unemployed" as you say maybe can only find part time work and will be making better money.Reguardless there will be more money for those who are making it to spend or save.

So you think that people laidoff from low paying full time jobs will be making "better money" with part time jobs? There will be fewer people in the workforce for reasons outlined above and more expensive products to spend the money on due to increases in labor costs passed on to the consumer. Sounds like a win-win to me.

[maineguy8888]

Originally Posted by G1..

Actually it will help both groups.I know many retirees that supplement their retirement with part time work.As for the "recently "unemployed" as you say maybe can only find part time work and will be making better money.Reguardless there will be more money for those who are making it to spend or save.

I know many people......I don't know ANY retirees who are working minimum wage jobs.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by maineguy8888

I know many people......I don't know ANY retirees who are working minimum wage jobs.

LOL,really? So not one retired person in Maine is working part time ,pretty amazing how you know every retiree in Maine.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by kevin5098

So you think that people laidoff from low paying full time jobs will be making "better money" with part time jobs? There will be fewer people in the workforce for reasons outlined above and more expensive products to spend the money on due to increases in labor costs passed on to the consumer. Sounds like a win-win to me.

If to help them get bye they get a "part time " job or even a another full time job they very well might be making better money then they did before.

[G1..]

Originally Posted by kevin5098

No,that is not what happened. It was what Nexxlinx management projects will happen. That is being proactive and not waiting until the SHTF. The effect is still the same- 100 employees laid off.

maybe they were looking for an excuse to lay off without a hassle???



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[Submariner]

Originally Posted by kevin5098

So you think that people laidoff from low paying full time jobs will be making "better money" with part time jobs? There will be fewer people in the workforce for reasons outlined above and more expensive products to spend the money on due to increases in labor costs passed on to the consumer. Sounds like a win-win to me.

As Nancy Pelosi has been oft quoted as saying, "when people are unemployed that means even more people are being employed".

[kevin5098]

Originally Posted by G1..

maybe they were looking for an excuse to lay off without a hassle???



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What sort of "hassle" would that be? The chief corporate communicatrions officer states that the biggest reasons for the layoffs are that they were unable to hire enough employees to fill their current facility and that the minimum wage is going up making it even harder to compete for local labor.

NexxLinx in Orono to lay off 109 employees — Bangor — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

[kevin5098]

Originally Posted by Submariner

As Nancy Pelosi has been oft quoted as saying, "when people are unemployed that means even more people are being employed".

Yeah, employed by the government administering benefits.