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After two year delay, injunction blocking city minimum wage increase is lifted.
A $15 minimum wage, fully phased in, would raise pay by about $3,500 for almost 1 in 3 workers.
This delivers exactly what America’s workers have been crying out for: strong action to raise wages.
NELP expert Laura Huizar comments on a $15 minimum wage proposal in Minneapolis.
Momentum remains strong for improving pay for the 40 percent of U.S. workers who struggle on less than $15/hr.
Women of color have changed the world through their resilience and fortitude to never settle for less.
“Emergency” bill claims that raising pay for workers at the bottom poses a threat to public health and safety. Seriously.
Never before has a state government acted to reverse minimum wage increases already in place.
“Governor Branstad pledged to raise family incomes on his watch. Today, he did the opposite.”