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Business groups wrong on minimum wage
Living Wage Josh Frost 3/23/22 Living Wage Josh Frost 3/23/22

Business groups wrong on minimum wage

It is my hope that our elected officials will base their decision-making on the preponderance of evidence regarding the minimum wage, and not the patently false centenarian talking points of the collective of business associations.

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Standing for $18 minimum wage
Living Wage, Legislation Guthrie Scrimgeour 2/20/22 Living Wage, Legislation Guthrie Scrimgeour 2/20/22

Standing for $18 minimum wage

This demonstration comes after the state House pivoted away from the original minimum-wage proposal, Senate Bill 2018, that would have incrementally increased the minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2026.

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Wage measures still alive
Living Wage, Legislation John Burnett 2/16/22 Living Wage, Legislation John Burnett 2/16/22

Wage measures still alive

A bill in the state House of Representatives that would increase the minimum wage cleared a committee hurdle Tuesday.

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Rep. Roy Takumi: Workers deserve a (barely) living wage
Living Wage, Legislation Roy Takumi 2/16/22 Living Wage, Legislation Roy Takumi 2/16/22

Rep. Roy Takumi: Workers deserve a (barely) living wage

It would raise the living standards for women, the elderly, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders who are disproportionately in low-wage jobs.

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Hawaiʻi Democrats must raise minimum wage
Legislation, Living Wage, Politics Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21 Legislation, Living Wage, Politics Tyler Dos Santos-Tam 12/28/21

Hawaiʻi Democrats must raise minimum wage

All Hawaiʻi workers should be able to make ends meet with one job, and it’s our legislature’s responsibility to make that a reality.

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Dark clouds are looming over Hawaiʻi even as the economy appears to be improving
Systemic Poverty Stewart Yerton 4/7/21 Systemic Poverty Stewart Yerton 4/7/21

Dark clouds are looming over Hawaiʻi even as the economy appears to be improving

Economic experts say many people are worse off than they were before the pandemic and a lower unemployment rate is simply masking deeper problems.

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House leaders ignored the needs of Hawaiʻi’s workers
Politics Raymond Catania 4/6/21 Politics Raymond Catania 4/6/21

House leaders ignored the needs of Hawaiʻi’s workers

They killed bills to raise the state minimum wage and to help the unemployed.

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Labor leaders urge lawmakers to move minimum wage increase
Politics Kevin Dayton 4/5/21 Politics Kevin Dayton 4/5/21

Labor leaders urge lawmakers to move minimum wage increase

Teamsters, ILWU and Local 5 leaders ask House Speaker Scott Saiki to schedule a floor vote by Wednesday.

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State, city hoodwink the poor, rest of us
Politics Joel Fischer 4/4/21 Politics Joel Fischer 4/4/21

State, city hoodwink the poor, rest of us

“Sickening, just sickening,” writes Joel Fischer, Waiʻalae resident.

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House leadership bails out businesses but bails on worker relief
Politics Tuiaʻana Scanlan, Wayne K. S. Kaululaʻau, Donna Domingo, Pat Loo 3/30/21 Politics Tuiaʻana Scanlan, Wayne K. S. Kaululaʻau, Donna Domingo, Pat Loo 3/30/21

House leadership bails out businesses but bails on worker relief

Unemployment insurance benefits should be exempt from Hawaiʻi income tax, but a Senate bill calling for that has unfortunately stalled.

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Two pay raises for lawmakers over the next year are raising eyebrows
Politics Kevin Dayton 3/23/21 Politics Kevin Dayton 3/23/21

Two pay raises for lawmakers over the next year are raising eyebrows

The salary commission approved the wage hikes two years ago but critics now question the optics of government officials getting pay raises during an economic crisis.

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Hypocrisy in Hawaiʻi’s House of Representatives
Politics Gary Hooser 3/22/21 Politics Gary Hooser 3/22/21

Hypocrisy in Hawaiʻi’s House of Representatives

How can legislators justify giving themselves a raise when they refuse to hold hearings on increasing the minimum wage?

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Proposal to raise Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage to $12 remains alive
Legislation Max Rodriguez 2/25/21 Legislation Max Rodriguez 2/25/21

Proposal to raise Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage to $12 remains alive

Many who wrote testimony in support of the wage increase called for an amendment to raise the hourly minimum to $17 by 2026.

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‘They take the early bus … for us’
Living Wage Nancie Caraway 1/31/21 Living Wage Nancie Caraway 1/31/21

‘They take the early bus … for us’

The moral and civic renewal we need requires a radical reframing of the terms of economic debate. Our economic foundations must be centered around people—not markets.

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Minimum wage hike bill advances, but critics say it’s still not enough
Legislation Ben Gutierrez 2/21/20 Legislation Ben Gutierrez 2/21/20

Minimum wage hike bill advances, but critics say it’s still not enough

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.

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Minimum wage bill teed up for House vote
Legislation Blaze Lovell 2/21/20 Legislation Blaze Lovell 2/21/20

Minimum wage bill teed up for House vote

If also approved by the Senate and governor, Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour by 2024.

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Working families need more relief
Living Wage Star-Advertiser Editorial Board 1/30/20 Living Wage Star-Advertiser Editorial Board 1/30/20

Working families need more relief

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.

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A dream deferred: A week after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the war on the poor continues
Living Wage Axel Beers 1/29/20 Living Wage Axel Beers 1/29/20

A dream deferred: A week after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the war on the poor continues

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.

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Advocates rally at the capitol to demand higher minimum wage
Living Wage Cassie Ordonio 1/12/20 Living Wage Cassie Ordonio 1/12/20

Advocates rally at the capitol to demand higher minimum wage

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.

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How a living wage would help lots of Hawaiʻi workers
Living Wage Paxton Parker 12/27/19 Living Wage Paxton Parker 12/27/19

How a living wage would help lots of Hawaiʻi workers

More than half of the children in the state have a parent earning below $17 per hour.

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