Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Minimum Wage: when was the Government called to discuss a new rise in the face of high inflation
Aug 4, 2022 The Government made official the call to the Minimum, Vital and Mobile Salary Commission and unemployment benefits to increase the current amount, $47.850, ante the high inflation that until June accumulated 64% in 12 months. It will be August 18. at 12, virtually. The formalization of the call took place a day after the
More California cities are backing $25-an-hour minimum wages for these workers. Here’s why
By: Itzel Luna | Los Angeles Times | Aug 4, 2022 Long Beach this week became the fourth city in Southern California to move forward with an ordinance to increase the minimum wage to $25 for healthcare workers in the private sector. Following in the steps of Los Angeles, Downey, and Monterey Park, the Long
Florida airline workers demand living wages and benefits
By: Gabriella Paul | WUSF Public Media | Aug 4, 2022 Around 90% of airport-contracted employees report having zero days of paid sick leave, according to a union survey. (Read More)
Long Beach moves to increase healthcare worker wages to $25 an hour
By: Emma Dimaggio | Signal Tribune | Aug 3, 2022 The Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday to draft an ordinance that would increase healthcare worker wages to $25 an hour rather than send the item to the ballot. The ordinance, which will come back to the council for approval next Tuesday, Aug. 9, would
ACC approves budget giving all employees raises, establishes $20 minimum wage
By: Megan Menchaca | Austin American-Statesman | Aug 2, 2022 The Austin Community College Board of Trustees approved the college’s annual budget for the next fiscal year on Monday, a plan that will provide all ACC employees with a raise and establish a $20 minimum wage. (Read More)
Hospitals seek repeal of $25 hourly healthcare worker minimum wage in Los Angeles
By: Kelly Gooch | Becker’s Hospital Review | August 1, 2022 A union is pushing back amid a campaign by hospitals to repeal an ordinance recently signed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that establishes a $25 minimum hourly wage for workers at eligible privately owned healthcare facilities in the city. The No on the Los Angeles Unequal Pay
