Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Bank of America reaches minimum wage goal ahead of anticipated date
By Caroline Hudson March 31, 2020 Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has raised its minimum wage to $20 per hour about a year ahead of schedule. The Charlotte-based bank announced plans in April 2019 to raise its minimum wage to the $20 threshold by 2021. BofA then hiked its minimum wage from $15 per
Advocates want Northam to expand minimum wage bill, others say recession demands delay
By Ned Oliver April 1, 2020 Gov. Ralph Northam is facing dueling pressure campaigns to amend marquee legislation passed by the General Assembly last month raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour over three years. On one side, farmworkers are pushing for Northam to strike language allowing agricultural operations to continue to pay them
Millions of ‘minimum wage heroes’ set for 6.2% pay rise
By Tom Belger April 1, 2020 Almost 3 million of Britain’s lowest-paid workers are set for a pay rise, after the biggest ever hike in the legal minimum wage. The wage floor, now rebranded the ‘national living wage,’ increased on Wednesday from £8.21 to £8.72 an hour for workers aged 25 and over. Union leaders
Charter Communications raises company minimum wage to $20 per hour
By NEWS RELEASE | Apr 06, 2020 EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (NEWS RELEASE)– As millions have shifted to working and learning remotely, Charter’s employees have been working to ensure our customers stay connected during this crisis. We are proud to say that through their hard work, our networks have remained strong, even with a surge in
‘I’m very, very worried’: Laid-off workers struggle with no social safety net
By Maeve Reston | Apr 5, 2020 (CNN) — For more than a year on the campaign trail, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential contenders spoke at nearly every event about the number of families in America who were living at the precipice, one paycheck away from losing everything — even as the economy was booming.
Grocers Are Offering Coronavirus Hazard Pay. If Most Farms and Slaughterhouses Don’t, a Far Bigger Problem Lurks
By Chloe Savino March 31, 2020 When a New Jersey man deliberately coughed on a Wegman’s worker last week, no one questioned why grocery store workers should get extra pay for the risks they are taking by showing up for shifts during the coronavirus pandemic. Further up the food chain, factory workers and farm hands