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.
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.
Honolulu City Council considering living wage resolution
Honolulu City Council Chair Ernie Martin has introduced a resolution that would urge the state legislature to consider raising the minimum wage to a living wage.
Hawaiʻi has the worst minimum wage in the nation
While Hawaiʻi has the nation's highest cost of living, the minimum wage is stagnant at $10.10 with no plans to increase it.