Closing the Wage Gap
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Twenty-One States Kick Off New Year with Minimum Wage Hikes
Twenty-One States Kick Off New Year with Minimum Wage Hikes | 2019-12-12 | ACHR News Six states on track to reach $15 an hour in the future December 12, 2019 Source: “ACHR News” Twenty-one states will be raising their minimum wage to start the New Year. Six states (California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and
Harvard grad student workers go on strike, seeking $25 an hour minimum wage, other demands
Joey Garrison December 3, 2019 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Slogging through snow showers and slush, hundreds of Harvard University graduate student workers picketed Tuesday at Harvard Yard, as thousands went on strike seeking higher pay and other demands. It marked the first strike of graduate students on the Ivy League campus since 1973, when teaching fellows
The minimum wage is going up
Bill McCamley, Secretary of the New Mexico Department of Workforce solutions Dec. 5, 2019 On January 1, 2020 the New Mexico Minimum Wage will grow to $9 an hour from its current rate of $7.50 thanks to a law passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor. This moves New Mexico from one of
State-required minimum wage in Westchester going up
By Peter Katz December 6, 2019 The minimum wage required to be paid under New York state law by businesses in Westchester goes up to $13 per hour as planned on Dec. 31, as a Dec. 4 report by the Division of the Budget found that scheduled minimum wage increases have not negatively impacted the
Minimum wage in CNY to increase again at end of December
By CNYCentral Thursday, December 5th 2019 ALBANY N.Y. — Central New Yorkers making minimum wage will get a raise at the end of the month. The minimum wage for most of the state will increase from $11.10 to $11.80 on December 31, 2019. It’s part of the state’s plan to gradually increase minimum wage to
California’s minimum wage is going up again in January
By Andrew Sheeler DECEMBER 06, 2019 California’s minimum wage is moving to $13 an hour in 2020. The new minimum wage goes into effect Jan. 1, and applies to employers with 26 or more employees. Employers with fewer than 26 employees will have to pay a minimum wage of $12 an hour. 2020 marks the