Closing the Wage Gap
Read more about efforts to reverse income inequality.
24 States Raising Minimum Wage in 2020
By Isabelle Gustafson | January 6, 2020 The minimum wage is set to go up in 24 states and 48 cities and counties in 2020, according to the advocacy group National Employment Law Project (NELP). On Jan. 1, 20 states and 26 cities and counties, mostly in California, raised the minimum wages. Four more states
Union sues Disneyland resort over living wage
Union sues Disneyland resort over living wage – Los Angeles Times Is the Disneyland Resort getting a city subsidy? Workers’ lawsuit pushes court to decide Source: LA Times By Hugo Martín Staff Writer Dec. 9, 2019 3:05 PM A group of Disneyland workers has filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the Anaheim resort is violating a 2018
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