Market rates = the race to the bottom.
Not really. Very, very, very few people make minimum wage. If you take out hospitality workers that make tips, it's likely less than 3% of workers. So nobody is hitting the bottom.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 12:40 PM
Market rates = the race to the bottom.
Not really. Very, very, very few people make minimum wage. If you take out hospitality workers that make tips, it's likely less than 3% of workers. So nobody is hitting the bottom.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 12:47 PM
Well even if pot shops and private liquor stores are paying $12 per hour that is still unacceptable and that in itself is a perfectly good reason for selling the weed in a Goverment store where fair wages and fair benefits are paid. ANywhere else is not good.
If Private stores want to be taken seriously they can start by paying their employees a decent wage.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 12:50 PM
If Private stores want to be taken seriously they can start by paying their employees a decent wage.
How do you mean by taken seriously? The largest liquor store on Vancouver Island is a private store. That's pretty serious.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 02:07 PM
Posted 03 December 2015 - 02:13 PM
If you are referring to liquor planet on millstream rd it may very well be the largest in sq ft but tbat doesnt mean they pay their staff an honest wage
They pay the amount of wages required to recruit and retain qualified staff. Not a penny more. That's how private businesses do things. Same as your hair-cutter, HB. You don't hand over an extra $10 each time you get your hair cut do you, to give the person an "honest wage"?
Posted 03 December 2015 - 02:56 PM
...You don't hand over an extra $10 each time you get your hair cut do you, to give the person an "honest wage"?
Have you never tipped - or felt compelled to tip - your hairdresser/haircutter?
Posted 03 December 2015 - 02:57 PM
Have you never tipped - or felt compelled to tip - your hairdresser/haircutter?
Yes, I do.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 02:58 PM
Have you never tipped - or felt compelled to tip - your hairdresser/haircutter?
yeah that's pretty standard for hair cuts and for many, $10 would be a poor tip. of course, I cut my own hair.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 03:09 PM
$10 a poor tip? Jesus, my buzz cuts back when I went in to Jimmy's would cost $12+$3 tip.
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Posted 03 December 2015 - 03:26 PM
I tip similar for hair cuts as for food service. About 15%. So for a $20 haircut, I'll tip $3. The haircut takes 20 minutes max, and theres usually a lineup, so if they make $9/hr in tips on top of minimum wage, that's very good money. They don't have to share their tips with cooks etc. like servers typically do.
Edited by lanforod, 03 December 2015 - 03:26 PM.
Posted 03 December 2015 - 03:31 PM
Posted 03 December 2015 - 04:08 PM
you have taken,the,subject on a weird journey your comment proves my point pot should be sold in a controlled manner in bc liquor stores,where the,taxes,and profits,will go towards,paying fair and decent wages to the employees instead of into the pockets of privates businesses where as you put it tbe employer pays the bare minimum to retain staff not one penny more no benwfits such as medical pension rrspsThey pay the amount of wages required to recruit and retain qualified staff. Not a penny more. That's how private businesses do things. Same as your hair-cutter, HB. You don't hand over an extra $10 each time you get your hair cut do you, to give the person an "honest wage"?
Posted 03 December 2015 - 04:25 PM
Posted 03 December 2015 - 04:42 PM
Walmart wont be selling pot this discussion is still about whether private or government liquor stores should sell pot i say government because its more of a controlled environment and they pay their employees a good wage not a wage that is below the poverty line such as what privates are paying trying to derail the topic by bring up toilet paper prices is lame and you know better than to do that
Edited by HB, 03 December 2015 - 08:05 PM.
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Posted 04 December 2015 - 05:09 AM
Posted 04 December 2015 - 07:23 AM
Selling liquor in grocery stores and corner store was a failure so Government still has control
Maybe the druggies can lobby governments to sell it in 7-11 and the Dutch Bakery too
Posted 04 December 2015 - 08:16 AM
Selling liquor in grocery stores and corner store was a failure so Government still has control
That's only because of the distance rules, and the tight control the government wouldn't give up, particularly on pricing. It works fine in most of the world.
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