Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Mayor Bowser Announces Minimum Wage Increase Effective July 1, 2022
By: Executive Office of the Mayor – June 29, 2022 (Washington, DC) – Today, Mayor Bowser announced that under the Fair Shot Minimum Wage Amendment of 2016, effective July 1, 2022, the District’s minimum wage will increase from $15.20 to $16.10 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 for tipped employees. (Read More)
$25/hour health-care minimum wage for privately owned facilities approved by LA council
By: CITY NEWS SERVICE – June 29, 2022 at 12:18 p.m. – Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Wednesday to an ordinance raising the minimum wage for people working at some health-care facilities in the city to $25 per hour. The Minimum Wage for Employees Working
Report: Minimum-wage increase in PA would benefit 1.4 million workers
By: Emily Scott – June 28, 2022 – Keystone State News Pennsylvania’s budget deadline is looming on Thursday. Gov. Tom Wolf is calling for a minimum-wage increase that would get the state to $15 an hour by 2028. (Read More)
Most and Least Affordable Cities To Live on Minimum Wage
By: Austin Sanders – June 24, 2022 – The Austin Chronicle City Council approved a resolution on June 16 that could increase the minimum wage paid to all city of Austin employees from $15 per hour to $22 per hour. The resolution sponsored by Council Member Vanessa Fuentes “acknowledges the dire staffing crisis in the city” and that stagnant wages
Exhausted US airport workers see hope in minimum wage bill as summer of travel chaos looms
By: Michael Sainato – June 23, 2022 05.00 EDT – The Guardian Bill would raise the minimum wage for US airport workers at a time when the travel industry in the US is in a deep crisis Ana Vazquez has worked for five years at Orlando international airport in Florida as a wheelchair attendant and
Debate begins early over raising Portland’s minimum wage to $18
By: Edward D. Murphy – June 22, 2022 6:39 PM – Pressherald Voters will likely be asked in November if they want to increase the city’s minimum wage, which at $13 an hour is already above the statewide minimum and on its way to $15 in 2024. Depending on whom you ask, raising Portland’s minimum
