Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists -
Cindy Lee, the owner of a bowling alley in Endicott, New York, said she’s struggling to pay off loans taken out during the pandemic that kept her business afloat.
Over the past decade, labor groups held out $15 as the target that would let low-paid workers sustain themselves within the 40-hour workweek. A growing number of states across the political spectrum have passed legislation that will take their minimum wage above that amount in the next few years, including Florida, Nebraska and Illinois. Eleven states have phased in wage increases of $5 or more within the past decade.
A bill in New York would raise the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026, and then adjust it each year going forward for inflation. Right now, minimum wage workers in New York City get paid $15, while the rest of the state is at $14.20. Backers of a proposed wage increase in New York say they hope it will pass as part of the state budget, which is expected to be finalized in early April.
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsInflation has meant that something that cost $15 in 2012 — when labor activists adopted the 'Fight for $15' slogan in a push for wage hikes — would probably cost almost $20 today.
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsInflation has meant that something that cost $15 in 2012 — when labor activists adopted the 'Fight for $15' slogan in a push for wage hikes — would probably cost almost $20 today.
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsJust years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsA bill in New York would raise the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026, and then adjust it each year going forward for inflation.
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsA bill in New York would raise the state’s minimum wage to $21.25 by 2026, and then adjust it each year going forward for inflation.
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Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persistsJust years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation. New York City resident Anthony Rivera, 20, who sorts packages at a United Parcel Service facility in Brooklyn, said he had to take a second job at a grocery store after his food costs soared. New York, California and Massachusetts are among states where pro-labor forces are now pushing proposals that, if approved, would boost minimum wages to $20 or more in the coming years.
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