Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
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
Some local minimum wages will soon exceed California minimum
By: JDSUPRA – June 21, 2022 California employers, take heed of July 1. It won’t be long before minimum wages in a number of California cities and counties will be higher than the state minimum wage. On July 1, various local ordinances will take effect that raise the minimum wage for workers located within specific
Austin Community College workers push for raises, $22 minimum wage
By: Daniel Marin – Jun 20, 2022 / 06:34 PM CDT – kxan AUSTIN (KXAN) — Feeling the pressures of rising costs, employees with Austin Community College are asking the board of trustees for pay raises. A group of roughly two dozen ACC faculty and staff members attended Monday afternoon’s board meeting, some holding signs