Antiwork

So I’ve been working for my company for about a year now and have been told all the bits of how phenomenal I am. When I was hired with my background as management the GM at the time said with my qualifications they would offer me 15$ an hour. I recently found out in passing that a new hire was hired at 17$ for their experience. My question is how should I bring this up with my captain about my pay being lower compared to a new hire. Or if I should even bring it up at all. I’ve read a lot of posts on others having the same issues and ending up leaving their job because of it.

This new statute/policy is really fucked. I work for a local government agency in the US. We have a union. Last week we just found out a new statute/policy was going into full enforcement. It basically states that no employee can vent, talk down about or complain about their working conditions, supervisors, or the city in any way, regardless if whether they are on the clock or not. Say if I was at home, on my day off, and I go onto Facebook and complain (never done that but I know some folks that do) about my employer not approving sick leave or vacation time and my boss, or someone that also works for my employer see that, all they have to do is file a complaint to HR and boom, investigation time. The union has fought this thing tooth and nail. What was going to be a fireable offense…