
Minimum wage hike passes: Ige expected to sign measure boosting hourly rate to $18
“People should be able to afford their basic needs on 40 hours a week,” said Nate Hix, the director of Living Wage Hawaiʻi, an advocacy group that has been pushing for a higher minimum wage.

Don’t let House gut the minimum wage bill
Working families and our economy have been suffering for decades with wages that fail to come close to a livable standard. Fortunately both chambers are finally acting like this deficit needs to be closed. We need them to stand by their promises to workers and our economy, and finally push this bill over the finish line and on to the governor’s desk.

Low minimum wage perpetuates systematic racism in Hawaiʻi
One policy clearly perpetuating systematic racism in Hawaiʻi is the state’s oppressively low minimum wage.