http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/ Just another CommunityBlogs.us weblog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:30:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-25 journalistdale Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:06:24 +0000 http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-25 Today's Bismarck Tribune has an article discussing wages. Check it out. Dale Today’s Bismarck Tribune has an article discussing wages. Check it out. Dale

]]> http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-23 Barb Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:34:36 +0000 http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-23 I don't believe that the Stanley Businesses have talk about this is but it has been talked about by the school system. I don’t believe that the Stanley Businesses have talk about this is but it has been talked about by the school system.

]]> http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-19 journalistdale Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:26:11 +0000 http://stanley.communityblogs.us/2008/03/26/wages/#comment-19 The current oil boom in McKenzie Co. has commissioners hastening to pay wages high enough to retain employees. From the oil boom of the 80s they learned they must do this. The city business sector, however, is noting a trading of same employees, not an attraction of more, and just a few employers downtown are offering a modestly high $9/hour beginning wage. Is this good? Perhaps it can only be deemed more necessary than good. Since we know small businesses can't afford high wages, finding other attractive forms of compensation is necessary. Have Stanley businesses or Chamber of Commerce discussed this? Dale The current oil boom in McKenzie Co. has commissioners hastening to pay wages high enough to retain employees. From the oil boom of the 80s they learned they must do this. The city business sector, however, is noting a trading of same employees, not an attraction of more, and just a few employers downtown are offering a modestly high $9/hour beginning wage. Is this good? Perhaps it can only be deemed more necessary than good. Since we know small businesses can’t afford high wages, finding other attractive forms of compensation is necessary. Have Stanley businesses or Chamber of Commerce discussed this? Dale

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