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Oregon’s tiered approach raises some concerns, says Paul Sonn.
At the behest of business interests, Alabama’s politicians wielded the power of the state to suppress wages.
The Alabama legislature’s effort to preempt local wage laws is a slap in the face to workers living in poverty.
Preemption has limited what localities can do to raise wages, says Tsedeye Gebreselassie.
Raise Up Alabama coalition launches campaign to defend Birmingham’s higher minimum wage as state lawmakers rush to block it.
Statewide voter initiatives to raise the minimum wage in both California and Nevada advanced last week toward 2016 ballot status.
Across the country last week several governors laid out plans for significant increases in state minimum wages.
Governor Doug Ducey (R) says he’ll withhold state funds from cities that raise the minimum wage.
More than one in three New York workers would get a raise averaging $4,800 a year.