Closing the Wage Gap

Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.

Raises bring workers at 2 Long Beach hotels up to at least $22 an hour

By Alicia Robinson April 13, 2023 Employees at two hotels in Downtown Long Beach are celebrating $4 per hour raises and other benefits that union representatives hope to spread to thousands of other hospitality workers across the region in ongoing contract talks. The Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Centric agreed to bring minimum pay to between $22

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These states have the highest minimum wage in 2023

By Gili Malinsky April 14, 2023 About half of U.S. states hiked their minimum wages in January, with a few more gearing up to do so later this year. Eight state minimums now hover in the $13 per hour range, like those in Illinois and Arizona. Eighteen remain the same as the federal minimum, $7.25 per hour, like those

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Workers at Anti-Poverty World Bank Struggle to Pay Bills

By Associated Press April 14, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Blount has been serving food to dignitaries at World Bank headquarters for nearly 10 years and says he has gotten exactly one raise — for 50 cents. This week, as leaders from around the world are in D.C for the spring meeting of the poverty-fighting

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Local business owners rally to lawmakers for minimum wage hike

By Andre Thomas Jr. Mar 27, 2023 HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Local business owners attended a public hearing on Monday to address the need for a higher minimum wage in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth’s minimum wage has been set at $7.25 for 15 years, and supporters, including House Democrats, say it’s time for that to change.

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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists

By Maysoon Khan March 28, 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation. New York City resident Anthony Rivera, 20, who sorts packages at

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