I am so mad right now. So trying to type this all out legibly.
I work at a very small division of a big corporate media company. The department I work in is small. I have worked there since December 2021 along with my partner who has been with this company since 2018. Both of us made minimum wage. (7.25 in my state) Summer 2022, my partner meets with the boss to request a pay increase. They give us a 0.43 cent raise. Cut to a few weeks ago. We have a new member of our department and she lets slip that she is making $10 an hour. 30% more than me, if my math is correct. This girl has zero experience in this department and has been trained by me. Come to find out that two former members of our department, all hired on after myself and my partner, were making $10 an hour. All of these people had little to no experience in this department and had to be trained BY ME.
Do I have a case to sue? I am currently drafting an email to strike until I am paid fairly but I am honestly so done with this company I don’t know if I even want to keep working with them.