Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Hampton Roads small businesses weigh in on possible $15 minimum wage
By Allison Bazzle February 4, 2020 A standard and moderate living doesn’t come cheap in the Hampton Roads area. The Economic Policy Institute in Washington D.C. found a four-person household must make more than $7,000 a month. Someone living on their own needs to make more than $3,000 a month. But small business owners across
In-home care union says workers need more than minimum wage to survive
By SAM MORGEN February 5, 2020 A union of workers who care for Kern County’s elderly and disabled say they need a pay increase to survive in the state’s costly environment. Yet the Kern County chapter of the United Domestic Workers union has been locked in a negotiating impasse with the Board of Supervisors since
Salt Bae’s Meat Empire Is Rife With Labor Problems
By Laura Wagner, Feb 3, 2020 Three years ago, Salt Bae became a living meme for flamboyantly sprinkling salt on meat. Since he first went viral in early 2017, he’s added some new moves to his repertoire: spanking and lubricating the meat, seasoning the meat with a comically oversized pepper grinder, and ostentatiously wrapping the meat in edible gold, as well as allegedly not
Start Saving ‘Cause Ya Groceries Went Up By Almost Triple What Minimum Wage Did For 2020
By Kassia Byrnes March 02, 2020 I don’t think anyone can deny Australia is an exxy place to live these days – particularly if, like me, you’re sadly addicted to living in Sydney and therefore need rich person wages to ever leave the house (I don’t leave the house much). But how much can minimum
Letter: Minimum wage was never meant to be a “living wage”
By Roy Feb 3, 2020 Having lived 71 years I can tell you, minimum wage was never meant to be a “living wage,” It was for entry level jobs, teens, college students, part-timers and less highly trained individuals. Being locked into minimum wage encouraged further training/education to improve ones standard of living. Continuing to raise
Businesses, employees adjust to $12 minimum wage
by Joycelyn Cabrera – Feb 3, 2020 As the final fixed increase to minimum wage hits, local businesses are adjusting. Jan. 1, the state of Arizona increased minimum wage from $11 to $12, after several increases from previous years. In 2021 and beyond, Arizona’s minimum wage will change based on the cost of living in the state. Local