Press Clips | March 31, 2023

Opinion: We need a $21.25 minimum wage

Via: City & State

The Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Latoya Joyner, would increase the minimum wage to $21.25 by 2027 and(…)

Press Clips | March 22, 2023

The minimum wage fight that will define the decade

Via: Politico

After inflation rocketed upward last year, those pushing for higher minimum wages see a new opening to gain ground on(…)

Press Clips | January 23, 2023

Legislation Proposes Raising NY Minimum Wage Over $20

Via: Public News Service

New York’s minimum wage would increase to more than $20 an hour by 2026 if a bill in Albany is(…)

News Releases | November 29, 2022

Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy

The Fight for $15 has helped Black and Latinx working people build wealth and inspired worker organizing across the U.S.

Press Clips | November 23, 2022

‘The success is inspirational’: the Fight for $15 movement 10 years on

Via: The Guardian

Federal lawmakers failed to increase the minimum wage, but US workers made other gains, and they are setting their sights(…)

Press Clips | October 3, 2022

Why a minimum wage increase upstate could lead to further hikes

Via: Spectrum News 1

New York labor officials are proposing a $1 increase in the minimum wage for counties north of Westchester. If given(…)

Press Clips | August 18, 2022

Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse.

Via: Truthout

Activists are pushing to end policies that allow employers to pay some workers less than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Blog | June 17, 2022

Reversing Labor Laws Rooted in Slavery

At-will employment and the subminimum wage emerged from the backlash to Emancipation.

News Releases | May 4, 2022

Statement in response to the passage of an $18 minimum wage by 2028 in Hawaii

Lawmakers in Hawaii approved a bill that would raise the state minimum wage to $18 by January 2028,

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