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

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

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.

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

By Sahid Fawaz March 19, 2023 Workers in Nebraska are protesting a controversial bill limiting the minimum wage for teenagers. 1011 Now reports: “Taking a step back—that was the theme at the Belmont Community Center on Saturday. That’s something organizers against LB327, which was spliced together with lb15 in committee, say the bill will do

March 20 2023 Thousands of protesters filled downtown Lisbon on March 18 to demand higher wages and pensions, as well as government intervention to cap soaring food prices they say are strangling already tight budgets. Portugal is one of Western Europe’s poorest countries and official data shows that more than 50 percent of Portuguese workers