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)

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)

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)

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)

By: Ariana Figueroa – June 6, 2022 – Iowa Capital Dispatch WASHINGTON — The Poor People’s Campaign is urging President Joe Biden to meet with low-income workers before the organization’s march on Washington, D.C., on June 18 to advocate for a $15 federal minimum wage. “What we cannot do is be silent anymore,” the Rev.

By: Casey Decker – 11:53 AM PDT June 9, 2022 – ABC10 Home prices and rents continue to rise, but the federal minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009. A recent viral tweet claimed, “The average rent in the US hit a new record high of $1,827 last month. On the federal minimum wage of $7.25