Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
LA ordinance raises private healthcare workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour
By: Nathan Eddy – Jul 13, 2022 – Healthcare Finance Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance into law which raises the minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 per hour at eligible private healthcare facilities. The signing of the ordinance, which occurred July 8 and which was announced via a press release and
California to vote on $18 minimum wage — in 2024
By: Ryan Golden – July 8, 2022 – HR DIVE California voters will decide in November 2024 whether the state’s minimum wage should be increased to $18 per hour by 2025 after a ballot initiative secured the necessary number of valid signatures, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced Thursday. (Read more)
What states and cities increased the minimum wage in July?
By: Maite Knorr-Evans – July 7th, 2022 12:01 EDT – AS USA Workers across multiple states will see a raise this month as minimum wage increases take effect. Nationally the minimum wage sits at $7.25 per hour, but many states have passed bills to increase their own. (Read more)
Airport employees’ demands for a living wage come amid air travel crisis
By: Yahoo!Finance – July 8, 2022 Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU (Service Employees International Union) discusses the wage disparity between airline service workers across the United States, and how airline CEOs must invest in living wages to improve the air travel crisis. Segment originally aired on July 6, 2022. (Read more)
A California initiative to raise the minimum wage to $18 qualifies for the 2024 ballot
By Victoria Antram – July 8, 2022 – Ballotpedia News On July 7, the California Secretary of State announced that an initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage from $15 to $18 by 2026 for all employers had qualified for the 2024 ballot after missing the deadline to make the ballot in 2022. (Read more)
GOP measure would stop federal contractor minimum wage from becoming permanent
By: Leo Shane III – July 8, 2022 – Air Force Times A move by lawmakers to make permanent an increase the minimum wage for federal contractors as part of the annual defense authorization bill faces Republican opposition as the measure heads to the House floor for debate. (Read more)
