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Virginia joins 29 other states in raising its minimum wage above the paltry federal floor of $7.25.
Worker activism for a $15 wage floor, not Trump administration policies, are driving those wage gains.
21 states and 26 localities—more jurisdictions than ever before—will raise their wage floors around January 1.
A higher wage floor did not cause the “sky to fall” as industry lobbyists had warned.
Nearly 350,000 workers are each losing $4,000 annually because their states blocked local minimum wage increases.
Our report documents an epidemic of workplace violence at McDonald’s restaurants, compounded by the company’s failure to protect its workers.
A $15 minimum wage recognizes the value that St. Paul’s workers bring to the area’s thriving economy.
Workers, communities of color, advocates, and our courts will not allow preemption to deny local communities the very basic right(…)