Closing The Wage Gap

By: Christian Aleman, Maria Aguilera | KVUE | Aug 17, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — Austin City Council members approved increasing the City of Austin minimum wage to $20 per hour. A budget amendment form for the 2022-23 fiscal year sponsored by District 2 Councilmember Vanessa Fuentes proposed raising the City’s minimum wage to $20 in the fiscal year 2023. […]

By: Blake DeVine | kxan | Aug 17, 2022 AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Austin has become pricey, city employees making minimum wage have had their pay rate remain flat at $15 per hour. That could change today, as Austin City Council will review the fiscal year 2022-23 budget. Back in June, council unanimously passed a resolution that made their

By: Tamara Chuang | The Colorado Sun | Aug 16, 2022 Restaurants knew an increase was coming in 2023 but the 9% seems shocking to some as Denver’s minimum wage goes to $17.29 and Colorado’s to $13.68. But others say wages have not kept up with inflation. (Read More)

By: Kieran Nicholson | The Denver Post | Aug 16, 2022 The minimum wage in Denver will increase to $17.29 per hour beginning January 1, an annual adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index. Denver will be among several dozen cities nationwide with minimum wages over $17 per hour, city officials said in a news release.

By: Kate Lisa | Spectrum News | Aug 15, 2022 Some labor unions and progressive state lawmakers want to make an annual increase in the minimum wage a top priority next session. A bill to implement a permanent increase to the state’s minimum wage rate set to the Consumer Price Index, died this session, but