-
RICHMOND, Va. – Los trabajadores agrícolas han sido clasificados como “esenciales” durante la pandemia de COVID-19, y los grupos en Virginia ahora instan al gobernador a garantizar que estos trabajadores vitales reciban un salario mínimo. Kim Bobo, director ejecutivo del Centro Interreligioso de Política Pública de Virginia, dijo que...
-
RICHMOND, Va. — Farmworkers have been classified as “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic, and groups in Virginia are now urging the governor to guarantee these vital workers receive a minimum wage. Kim Bobo, executive director with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, said agricultural workers are risking their...
-
Arturo Hilario El Observador San Jose, Calif. – On January 1st the minimum wage in San Jose rose to 13.50 per hour, the most recent step to raise the minimum wage around the Bay Area to $15 per hour by 2019. San Jose is among other cities across 19 states...
-
Andrea Sears Public News Service BOSTON – A new study from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says raising the minimum wage has little impact on teen unemployment, but can have a big impact on teens and their families. On Monday, 18 states saw their minimum wages increase, but Massachusetts wasn’t...
-
BERKELEY – The financial future looks brighter for millions of low-to-middle income workers in California in danger of slipping into poverty upon retirement thanks to legislation championed by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), according to research released this week by the University of California Berkeley’s Center for...
-
Estephany Haro El Observador Cities across the Bay Area received the year 2017 with an increase on their minimum wage. This has been a victory for the thousands of minimum wage workers across the Bay Area who have been fighting for an increase. This will be positive for the...
-
Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif. – Low-wage workers won a victory with California’s minimum-wage increase, in effect starting this week. The increases will be yearly and incremental, this year, it’s 50 cents, bringing worker pay to $10.50 an hour and ultimately, to $15. But for many, it...
-
San Jose, Calif. – The San José City Council voted on Tuesday November 15, 2016 to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 1, 2019 as part of a regional effort to ensure more Silicon Valley residents benefit from the region’s growing economic prosperity. “Raising the...
-
Suzanne Potter/ California News Service Tens of thousands of minimum-wage workers in California will be making an extra dollar an hour. The Golden State’s minimum-wage increased from $9 to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, But labor advocates plan to continue their push for $15 an hour. Sean Wherley, senior...
RICHMOND, Va. – Los trabajadores agrícolas han sido clasificados como “esenciales” durante la pandemia de COVID-19, y los grupos en Virginia ahora instan al gobernador a garantizar que estos trabajadores vitales reciban un salario mínimo. Kim Bobo, director ejecutivo del Centro Interreligioso de Política Pública de Virginia, dijo que...
RICHMOND, Va. — Farmworkers have been classified as “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic, and groups in Virginia are now urging the governor to guarantee these vital workers receive a minimum wage. Kim Bobo, executive director with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, said agricultural workers are risking their...
Arturo Hilario El Observador San Jose, Calif. – On January 1st the minimum wage in San Jose rose to 13.50 per hour, the most recent step to raise the minimum wage around the Bay Area to $15 per hour by 2019. San Jose is among other cities across 19 states...
Andrea Sears Public News Service BOSTON – A new study from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says raising the minimum wage has little impact on teen unemployment, but can have a big impact on teens and their families. On Monday, 18 states saw their minimum wages increase, but Massachusetts wasn’t...
BERKELEY – The financial future looks brighter for millions of low-to-middle income workers in California in danger of slipping into poverty upon retirement thanks to legislation championed by Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), according to research released this week by the University of California Berkeley’s Center for...
Estephany Haro El Observador Cities across the Bay Area received the year 2017 with an increase on their minimum wage. This has been a victory for the thousands of minimum wage workers across the Bay Area who have been fighting for an increase. This will be positive for the...
Logan Pollard California News Service PASADENA, Calif. – Low-wage workers won a victory with California’s minimum-wage increase, in effect starting this week. The increases will be yearly and incremental, this year, it’s 50 cents, bringing worker pay to $10.50 an hour and ultimately, to $15. But for many, it...
San Jose, Calif. – The San José City Council voted on Tuesday November 15, 2016 to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour by January 1, 2019 as part of a regional effort to ensure more Silicon Valley residents benefit from the region’s growing economic prosperity. “Raising the...
