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Poland’s minimum hourly wage has, for the first time, surpassed the federal minimum wage in the United States. On 1 January, the minimum wage in Poland rose to 30.50 zloty per hour before tax, which at the average exchange rate so far this year is $7.35

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[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

This article is about Poland. Their transition to capitalism was done in a sane way after the fall of the Soviet Union where instead of shock therapy they allowed private companies go outcompete public ones. Polish people have also worked very hard around the continent and send remittances back home on a regular basis.

Poland has been developing so fast that it now hit a benchmark of having their min wage higher than that of the US with their exploitative worker policy. This is great news about how far Poland has come compared to the stagnation of wages in the US. Poland started a whole generation behind the US in 1990 so good on them.

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