Sacramento, California (April 3, 2016) Governor Jerry Brown of California and state labor leaders announced legislation to increase the states minimum wage from its current rate of $10 per hour to $15 per hour by…
(April 3rd, 2016) In a major victory for the fight for the 15 dollar an hour minimum wage movement, two of the most populous states in the nation have moved to increase their states minimum wage….
With California and Massachusetts leading the way in the march to a $15.00 per hour minimum wage, 14 states have raised their minimum wage to start the New Year. Of the 14 states, 2 states,…
(Portland, Maine and Tacoma Washington, November 3, 2015) Both cities, Portland, Maine and Tacoma Washington, had ballot initiatives this election day with very different results. Both initiatives had aimed at raising the minimum wage to…
Tallahassee, Florida October 4, 2015 Last week twenty state Democratic legislators took the Minimum wage challenge in the state of Florida. The twenty lawmakers attempted to live on the Florida minimum wage ($8.05 per hour)…
(St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 2015) St. Louis has now joined several other municipalities including Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and New York by raising their minimum wage above both the federal and…
New York, August 12, 2015 With the recent rise of minimum wage above the federal minimum wage by cities and localities, it is feared that without stronger enforcement many workers will be cheated out of…
(Los Angeles, California, July 21, 2015) The Los Angeles county board of supervisors has just agreed to draft a proposal to increase the minimum wage in Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous county, to…
(San Francisco, California, July 22, 2015) The President of the University of California system, Janet Napolitano, announced today a phased-in increase of the minimum wage paid to employees in the university system to 15 dollars…
(Albany, New York, July 22, 2015) The NYS board appointed by the Governor of New York State has approved a recommendation to increase the Minimum wage for fast food workers to 15 dollars an hour,…