Native-American tribes in Oklahoma have a higher minimum wage than the state & federal level. My suggestion to my friends back there: work for the NDNs! In February, the Cherokee Nation announced it was increasing its minimum wage to $9.50 per hour. Principal Chief Bill John Baker said the increase would apply to all 8,000 of the nation’s employees. Previously the tribe’s minimum wage was $9 per hour. In southeastern Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation — which generated more than $1 billion in revenue for the first eight months of its 2014 fiscal year — pays its employees about $1.75 above the federal minimum wage level. “The Chickasaw Nation observes and exceeds federal minimum wage guidelines,” said the tribe’s spokesman, Tony Choate. “Only a small percentage of our employees make less than $9.50 per hour,” he said. In addition to the Chickasaws, the Osage Nation increased its minimum pay to $11.50 per hour in 2013, among the highest minimum wages paid in Oklahoma. Prior to the increase, the Osage tribe’s minimum wage was $7.31 per hour. Headquartered in Concho, the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe set its minimum wage at $9 per hour this year, $1.75 more than the federal standard. In the Tulsa area, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation increased its minimum wage to $10.15 per hour in 2010. Muscogee (Creek) officials said the increase was phased in over several years, moving entry-level pay from $8.50 to $10.15 per hour. At the time of the increase, then-chief A.D. Ellis said it was his dream to see tribal employees get off the federal Commodity Supplemental Food Program. THATS RIGHT, there is a group of people actively working to get themselves & their non-Native employees OFF OF FOOD STAMPS! Time to step up the game white folks! Maybe you should elect a Native-American governor.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 23:37:56 +0000
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