December 31, 2017

Minimum wage rises in 18 states

Huffington Post - Minimum wage workers in 18 states will get a pay hike next week when higher wage floors go into effect around the country for 2018.
With the federal minimum wage remaining just $7.25 per hour, more and more states have opted to implement their own, higher rates that local employers must observe. Many of the bumps slated for New Year’s Day come courtesy of recent ballot initiatives approved by voters or bills passed by statehouses, in red and blue states alike.
Some of those states have laws requiring that the minimum wage is adjusted each year according to an inflation index, to rise with the cost of living. So several of the raises amount to less than a quarter an hour.

But other states that recently enacted new laws will have more significant increases. Maine’s will move a full dollar, to $10. Hawaii’s will rise 85 cents, to $10.10. And Colorado’s will increase 90 cents, to $10.20.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

1865: 'Instead of the conservative motto, A fair day's wage for a fair day's work, we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, Abolition of the wage system' (Marx, Value, Price, and Profit).
1928: 'Earning a wage is a prison occupation' (Wages, DH Lawrence).
1965: Workers still 'don't realise that they can abolish the wages system' (Socialist Standard).
2017: states that recently enacted new laws will have more significant increases. Maine’s will move a full dollar, to $10. Hawaii’s will rise 85 cents...

Anonymous said...

Humans are going extinct if we don't start talking about where to set the MAXIMUM personal fortune.