Advocates for a living wage will be asking our elected officials to deliver on their promises and pass a living wage bill in the 2021 legislative session. But we can’t do it without support from you.
It’s time to Raise Up Hawaiʻi
Every worker deserves a Living Wage.
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About 50 living wage advocates rallied at the state capitol Wednesday evening to push lawmakers to raise the the hourly wage to $17, from the current minimum of $10.10.
Hawaiʻi's Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism released new self-sufficiency standards that put the minimum survival wage above $17 an hour for 2020.
More than half of the children in the state have a parent earning below $17 per hour.
Opponents can only make disingenuous arguments that rely on irrelevant information.
The consensus among researchers is that the anticipated price increases from a minimum wage increase are not particularly large.
How much harder for those working minimum-wage jobs in Hawaiʻi, who had every right to expect their elected leaders to address their needs?
Saiki could have written two lines that synthesized his entire commentary: “The Chamber of Commerce, which funds my campaign, didn’t want me to pass a living minimum wage for the people of Hawaiʻi. So I didn’t.”
The leadership of the House of Representatives let our workers down: they include Scott Saiki, Mark Nakashima, Della Au Belatti, Dee Morikawa, Tom Brower, Aaron Johanson and Sylvia Luke.
An increase would have shown that Democrats still fight for the interests of working families.
