Our fight for economic justice continues
Hawaii passed a groundbreaking minimum wage increase last year, but the work to build a society in which working families can thrive is far from over. Here are our priorities for 2023.
Coalitions applaud signing of historic minimum wage and tax fairness legislation
HB2510 will boost annual incomes for low-wage workers by thousands of dollars over the next 6 years, strengthening the economy while alleviating poverty.
Community urges Gov. Ige to sign nation’s first $18 minimum wage law
With his signature, House Bill 2510 would increase minimum wage, improve major tax credit.
Residents will urge legislators to keep promises to working families
Efforts to raise minimum wage and expand major tax credit at risk of falling through.
House leadership to kill senate minimum wage proposal with no hearing
Labor Chair Onishi and House leadership are about to let SB2018 die without a hearing in the House, demonstrating a carelessness toward tens of thousands of struggling Hawaiʻi workers.
Workers and living wage supporters to hold rally for $18 by 2026
The path to a living wage needs to start now.
$13 an hour isn't enough to live on in 2020, much less 2024
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.
Joint legislative package a good start that needs to go further
The legislative package proposed by leadership in the State House and Senate calls for a $13 an hour minimum wage by 2024—Hawaiʻi workers already need at least $17 an hour to afford basic needs in 2020.
What is a living wage in Hawaiʻi in 2020?
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.
Who are Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage workers?
Research shows that, of the 88,000 minimum wage workers in Hawaiʻi, the majority are female, over 25 years old, and not trainees.
Wage increase advocates rally for support at legislature
Advocates are asking legislators to enact a living wage that keeps up with the high cost of living in what is effectively the most expensive state in the nation.