Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
Lawmakers: PA minimum wage increase not enough
November 26, 2019 State Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia), joined State Sen. Art Haywood State Rep. Patty Kim (D-103), State Rep. Chris Rabb (D-200), and advocacy organization State Innovation Exchange (SiX) for a news conference in response to passage of legislation to increase the minimum wage rate to $9.50 by January 2022. “Any increase in the
Why Disabled Workers Can Get Paid Less Than Minimum Wage
By Andres O’Hara November 25, 2019 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 million adults, 1 in 4 people in this country, are living with a disability. There are many overt ways that public policy has not adequately addressed the needs of people with disabilities, but there are also policies that are
10 years of failing to raise the federal minimum wage
By Micky Bedell November 26, 2019 The Facebook 10-year challenge has come around again. People who use the social media platform are encouraged to post photographs of themselves from now and 10 years ago. The point is to see how much people, and their lives, change in a decade. Here’s something that hasn’t changed in
Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven’t come true
By Stef W. Kight, Dion Rabouin Nov 25, 2019 Eighteen states rang in 2019 with minimum wage increases — some that will ultimately rise as high as $15 an hour — and so far, opponents’ dire predictions of job losses have not come true. What it means: The data paint a clear picture: Higher minimum
2020 Budget: You’ll Pay More For Uber, Minimum Wage Set To Rise But Mental Health Clinics Won’t Reopen
By Heather Cherone NOV 26, 2019 Lori Lightfoot may have campaigned on ending business as usual to become Chicago’s 56th mayor, but her first budget season is set to end Tuesday in the same way city budgets have ended for decades: with a quick and decisive rubber stamp. Even without help from state lawmakers, aldermen
Most employers will begin paying a higher minimum wage Jan. 1, 2020
November 26, 2019 Nearly all employers in California will begin paying their employees a higher minimum wage — either the new state or local minimum wage, whichever is higher — in the new year. Effective Jan. 1, 2020, the state minimum wage for employers with 25 or fewer employees will increase to $12 per hour