Closing the Wage Gap

Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.

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

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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

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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

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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

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