Gary Hooser 5/11/22 Gary Hooser 5/11/22

Many deserve credit for minimum-wage increase

While House Speaker Scott Saiki and his leadership faction will claim the credit, this group has actually been the greatest impediment to increasing the minimum wage and denying workers a pay increase over the past four years.

Nate Hix 4/10/22 Nate Hix 4/10/22

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.

Bill Dorman 12/15/21 Bill Dorman 12/15/21

Minimum wage has stayed at $10.10 for 4 years. With high inflation, will lawmakers make any changes?

The latest state data show a single adult would need to make about $17 to $18 an hour at a full-time job to afford to live in Hawaiʻi.

Sophie Cocke 4/9/21 Sophie Cocke 4/9/21

Hawaiʻi House leaders shelve bills that would help workers

House leaders are resisting union pressure to revive bills this year that would raise the minimum wage and exempt jobless benefits from state income taxes.

Raymond Catania 4/6/21 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.

Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Colleen Kelly 3/29/21 Tyler Dos Santos-Tam and Colleen Kelly 3/29/21

Raising minimum wage is imperative

Raising the minimum wage to a living wage has been a top priority for the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi for years.

Nate Hix 1/13/21 Nate Hix 1/13/21

Speaker Saiki must stand with workers

For three straight legislative sessions, 2018–20, Saiki and the Hawaiʻi State House of Representatives have betrayed the Democratic Party’s commitment to a $15+ minimum wage.