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Raises from Coast to Coast in 2023

64 Cities, Counties, and States Will Raise Minimum Wages on January 1st

Nov 29, 2022
Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy
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Oct 03, 2022
Why a minimum wage increase upstate could lead to further hikes
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$7.25
The federal minimum
20
Number of states stuck at $7.25
$2.13
Federal minimum wage for tipped workers

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Ten Years In, Fight for $15 and a Union Movement Helped Reduce Racial Wealth Gap Nationally, Injected $87.6 Billion Annually into U.S. Economy
Nov 29, 2022
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Why a minimum wage increase upstate could lead to further hikes
Oct 03, 2022
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Subminimum Wages Were Always Deplorable. Inflation Is Making Them Worse.
Aug 18, 2022
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The Deadline is Here for Federal Contractors to Start Paying at least $15 an Hour
Jan 31, 2022
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Record Number of Cities, States Will Increase Minimum Wages in 2022
Dec 20, 2021
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NELP Urges Congress to Pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2021
Jan 26, 2021
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NELP Commends President Biden’s Swift Actions to Improve Government Contracted Jobs with $15 Minimum Wage Executive Order and Repeal of Ban on Anti-Bias Training
Jan 23, 2021
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Fighting Wage Preemption: How Workers Have Lost Billions in Wages and How We Can Restore Local Democracy
Feb 11, 2020
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Minimum Wage Hikes Have Reversed Wage Declines for Workers in Lowest-Paid Jobs
Feb 07, 2020
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Minnesota Supreme Court Upholds Minneapolis $15 Minimum Wage
Jan 22, 2020
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47 States, Cities, Counties to Raise Minimum Wage on New Year’s Day
Dec 23, 2019
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On the Labor Department’s Proposed Tip Rule
Oct 07, 2019
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