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.
Most companies already pay above minimum wage and those that have had to raise pay came through it relatively unscathed.
Ruderman and Wildberger said this week that they will each pledge $4,000 of their salary to charity unless the minimum wage is at least $15 an hour.
How can I blame my friends for leaving as quickly as they are when the legislature is considering only $13 in four years?
A bill to hike Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage is moving to the full house, but critics say it still falls short of what a person needs to live in the 50th state.
If also approved by the Senate and governor, Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour by 2024.
For the past two years, advocates of a living wage have been seeking a $17 an hour minimum wage so that people can survive here.
The statistics on the struggle of Hawaiʻi’s families look worse with each passing year. The current minimum hourly rate, $10.10, does not go far enough.
Tom Yamachika’s Jan. 18 column, “What really is a minimum wage?” offers a clear articulation of the disregard and disdain for the poor which appears at all levels of government.
In the most expensive state in the nation, Hawai‘i’s minimum wage workers need to make enough to be able to afford the basics.
