Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
CT’s minimum wage to increase in Jan. 2025
By Rob Polansky Sep. 27, 2024 HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Connecticut’s minimum wage was slated to go up to start 2025.Gov. Ned Lamont on Friday announced that beginning on Jan. 1, 2025, Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase from the current rate of $15.69 per hour to $16.35 per hour.Lamont explained that the change is required
Missouri’s Prop A would raise minimum wage to $15 and promise sick leave, but business owners warn of job losses
by Mili Mansaray September 27, 2024, The Beacon. At any given moment in Missouri, a working parent might miss a day’s pay to care for their sick child. New mothers could return to work just days after giving birth to make ends meet, while fast-food workers may skip car payments to cover rent. Labor movement
A $114,000 salary makes you feel poorer than -2-
May 29, 2024 Provided by Dow Jones Today, in two-thirds of married families with children, both parents work. This is a necessity for many households, affording them survival rather than abundance as living expenses and debt have risen. Read More
KING COUNTY COUNCIL NEARS VOTE ON GROUNDBREAKING $20 MINIMUM WAGE FOR LARGE BUSINESSES
By Aaron Washington, Published on May 08, 2024, hoodline, The economic landscape of King County might be set for a dramatic shift as the Metropolitan King County Council gears up to cast its votes on elevating the minimum wage to a lofty $20 an hour for large-scale businesses. According to The Seattle Times, this move would position
Impact of California Fast Food Worker Wage Increase Still Too Early to Gauge
by Farida Jhabvala Romero, May 8, 2024, KQED, When Karina Ceballos received her first paycheck reflecting California’s new minimum wage for fast-food workers, she felt a big wave of relief. The single mom said she earned about $400 extra last month, which made it much easier to pay bills and rent for her family’s apartment
What is a living wage for Bellingham? Official estimates don’t hold up against the average budget
By Alyse Smith Updated April 07, 2024, The Bellingham Herald publishes articles each month on grocery, gas, rent and real estate costs, as well as roundups of local jobs that pay a “living wage,” but now we have crunched the numbers to find a figure we feel is closer to an actual living wage in