Mountain View’s City Council approves minimum wage increase to $10.30 starting July 1, 2015, and made it a goal to hit $15 an hour by 2018. Read more: http://mv-voice.com/news/2014/10/10/mountain-view-oks-1030-minimum-wage

The National Retail Federation’s new chairman, Container Store CEO Kip Tindell wants the association to rethink its opposition to wage-increase legislation. Read more: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/politics/why-does-minimum-wage-have-a-new-supporter.html

South Dakota pushes forward with Minimum Wage Ballot measure for 2014. The minimum wage workforce contains people in all demographics who struggle, thus the increase will help with their survival. Read more: http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/10/12/South-Dakota-workers-struggle-to-make-ends-meet-on-725-minimum-wage-a-566554.html

Shawndra Roberts (her talk starts at 22:15), a local worker who has joined a union talks about her experience and why she’s striking. She’s hoping to come off of Food Stamps… Listen: https://kpfa.org/archive/id/97812

All of this! Ashona Osborne, a fast food worker fighting for $15 an hour, stands up for taking it to the streets. Where she lives, the wage is just $7.25. Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU, promises Union support… Watch: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/5/hundreds_arrested_as_growing_fast_food

In 2003, during the aftermath of the dot-com crash, San Francisco led the country as the first city in the nation to adopt a higher minimum wage than required by the federal government… Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Oakland-minimum-wage-measures-spearhead-5795142.php