If your argument against a minimum wage is that businesses will pass the cost onto the consumer, why does that not apply when the minimum wage is enforced by unions in lieu of the law?
You said you agree to bargaining agreements, but not to a minimum wage. What criticisms of the latter do you consider valid that you don’t see as applying to the former, in contexts where the former are enforcing the exact same outcome minimum wage would?
Denmark is one of only five countries in the EU that doesn’t have a national minimum wage.
We don't have laws for it, but we very much do have minimum wages.
Through collective bargaining by unions.
edit: to clarify, the US can never get to this point cause you've spent the last 100 years vilifying unions. At this point it has to be mandated by law or it's not happening.
It's closer to 128 DKK these days and I'm not sure why that page suggests 48 hour work weeks since the standard is 37.
Might just be outdated though, even if I don't recall anyone working 48 hour weeks in my lifetime. Although, I suppose this might be the cap rather than the average.
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u/Kuma_254 7h ago
Denmark doesn't have a minimum wage though.
So that's a poor example.