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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans In Congress Couldn't Stop All These Minimum Wage Increases
Republicans In Congress Couldn't Stop All These Minimum Wage Increasesby Laura Clawson at the Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/31/1461237/-Republicans-in-Congress-couldn-t-stop-all-these-minimum-wage-increases
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The federal minimum wage is still $7.25 an hour, and its going to stay that way as long as Republicans control Congress. But that doesnt mean 2015 didnt see progress for many low-wage workers, while minimum wage advances won in recent years will keep going into effect in 2016. The minimum wage was raised in cities, counties, and states in 2015and not just there. Its progress thats happened through the efforts of thousands of workers whove organized and fought for more than their bosses are willing to give up without a fight.
Los Angeles will be raising its minimum wage to $15 by 2020, and after the city passed that increase, Los Angeles County followed suit. Boy, is that slow, but its progress. After the Washington city of SeaTac passed a minimum wage increase to $15 in 2013, employers at the Sea-Tac airport kept that raise from applying to airport workers until August when the state supreme court extended it to those airport workers. The employers, though, are still fighting to roll back the raise. Voters in Tacoma, Washington, also voted to gradually raise the citys minimum wage to $12 an hour. On the east coast, fast food workers in New York will be getting a raise to $15. Rhode Island raised its minimum wage yet againit will be going up to $9.60 an hour on January 1.
While Rhode Islands government had to take action to make that raise happen, its not the only state where workers will get a raise on December 31 or January 1. In fact, the minimum wage will be going up in 13 other states: New York, West Virginia, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Vermont. The minimum wage in these states will be rising to a low of $8 in Arkansas and a high of $10 in California and Massachusetts. Theyll trail Washington, D.C., thoughthe minimum wage there will rise to $11.50 on July 1.
After years of organizing by low-wage workers, several companies raised their pay, although not usually enough or for all workers. Walmart made a big fuss about raising its entry level pay, but lets be clear: $9 is not a minimum wage, and Walmart can afford more. Still, TJ Maxx and Marshalls and then Target followed suit. McDonalds made a big deal of raising its lowest pay to a dollar above minimum wage but only applied that to the small fraction of workers in McDonalds restaurants owned by the corporation rather than by franchisees. Ikea, by contrast, made a wage move for a second year in a row, going to an average minimum wage of $11.87, based on cost of living, with an overall minimum of $10.
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Republicans In Congress Couldn't Stop All These Minimum Wage Increases (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2015
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yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)1. That's why we have federal state and local laws
It seems like local does a better job looking out for workers. The leaders know their areas and what is best.