Closing The Wage Gap

By Levi Sumagaysay | Jul 30, 2022 Bill introduced in House would establish a new category of labor law for app-based gig workers, offering some employment protections but no wage and hour protections A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would amend U.S. labor law to establish a new classification for gig workers, […]

By: Colin Jackson – Michigan Radio – July 30, 2022 Michigan residents will have to wait to see a raise in the minimum wage following a court order Friday. A state Court of Claims ruling last week restored a law that lays out a schedule for increasing Michigan’s minimum wage, but Friday’s ruling delays its

By: The Hill – Youtube – July 29, 2022 Anti-poverty advocate Joe Sanberg discusses the importance of California passing the Living Wage Act, which would raise minimum wage to $18 per hour in the state. (Read more)

By: Paul Constant – July 28, 2022 Last Sunday marked the 13th anniversary of the day that the federal minimum wage increased to $7.25, where it’s remained today. This is by far the longest period without a federal minimum-wage increase since the wage was established in 1938. And because that number has stayed stuck while prices

By: Alex Dominguez – July 28, 2022 DOWNEY – Downey’s City Council received an update Tuesday on the implementation of the healthcare worker minimum wage passed two weeks ago. The City Council voted 4-0 on July 12 to implement a $25 per hour minimum wage for eligible healthcare workers working in the city’s private hospitals,