Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
German minimum wage brought productivity boost, study shows
By MalayMail February 18, 2020 Productivity by German workers has increased since the country introduced a minimum wage in 2015, a study published today by Anglo-German researchers showed. “Contrary to concerns that marked the debate before the national minimum wage was introduced, we did not find that it led to a reduction in employment,” University
Minimum wage to rise to at least $12.65 through 4 increases beginning in April
By CBS News February 21, 2020 Minimum wage for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians is slated to increase on April 1, and three more times after that until October 2021. The provincial government announced four increases to minimum wage on Friday, set to come into effect between April 1, 2020, and Oct. 1, 2021. Two of those
Key Hawaii House committees approve minimum wage increase, earned income credit
By Kevin Dayton February 21, 2020 Two key House committees gave preliminary approval this morning to a modest increase in the state’s minimum wage along with a package of tax credits designed to help working families in Hawaii, but critics say the bump in the minimum wage won’t do nearly enough to help the people
Walmart workers protest outside Alice Walton’s penthouse as retail giant cuts jobs
By Julia Conley February 21, 2020 Walmart workers issued a “wake up call” to Alice Walton, an heir to the retailer’s $500 billion fortune, in New York on Tuesday by marching to Walton’s New York penthouse and demanding her company pay its 1.5 million workers a living wage and give them reliable, stable work schedules.
UCSC Grad Students Are on Strike for a Living Wage
By Kim Kelly February 21, 2020 Though it has only just begun, 2020 is already shaping up to be a pivotal year for the labor movement, including a group of workers in Santa Cruz, CA, that started the (academic) year off with a bang. Graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) have
Santa Fe minimum wage will go to $12.10 per hour March 1
By Teya Vitu February 17, 2020 The hourly minimum wage in Santa Fe will increase March 1 by 30 cents, rising to to $12.10 from its current rate of $11.80. Under the Santa Fe Living Wage Ordinance, annual increases in the minimum wage — 2.6 percent this year — are tied to increases in the