2012The Fight for $15 movement can be traced back to a single protest in 2012 when 200 New York City fast-food workers walked off the job to demand $15 an hour and to unionize.Sep 21, 2021
In Seattle, Washington, the protests influenced candidate Ed Murray to release an "Economic Opportunity Agenda for Seattle". This agenda was later partially adopted by the Seattle city council, which voted to raise the minimum wage to $15.
CongressFederal Action Congress has raised the minimum wage nine times since its creation in 1938. In the years succeeding the last approved increase in 2007, Congress has considered iterations of the Raise the Wage Act.May 7, 2021
The next steps are set to take effect on December 31, 2021. According to the DOL, this next phase will require the minimum wage to be increased to $15 per hour on Long Island and Westchester, matching the minimum wage already set in New York City.Sep 27, 2021
The 10 States with the Highest Minimum Wage Rates in 2022Maine $12.75 (tie) ... Arizona $12.80. ... New Jersey $13 (tie) ... Connecticut $13 (tie) ... New York $13.20. ... 8. California $14. ... Massachusetts $14.25. ... Washington $14.49. Washington has been a leading state when it comes to high minimum wages for quite some time.More items...•Mar 18, 2022
July 24, 2009The federal minimum wage was last raised on July 24, 2009, when it rose from $6.55 to $7.25 per hour, the last step of a three-step increase approved by Congress in 2007.
$3.35 $6.87Barack Obama says the minimum wage was higher during Ronald Reagan's first State of the UnionYearMinimum wageWage in 2013 dollars1987$3.35$6.871988$3.35$6.601989$3.35$6.292013$7.25$7.256 more rows•Jan 29, 2014
Minimum hourly wage of workers in jobs first covered byEffective Date1938 Act 11961 Amendments 2Jan. 1, 1975$2.10$2.10Jan 1, 1976$2.30$2.30Jan 1, 1977Jan 1, 1978$2.65 for all covered, nonexempt workers$2.65 for all covered, nonexempt workers25 more rows
History of California Minimum WageEffective DateNew Minimum WageOld Minimum WageJanuary 1, 1981$3.35$3.10January 1, 1980$3.10$2.90January 1, 1979$2.90$2.65April 1, 1978$2.65$2.5024 more rows
Excluding Washington, D.C.'s $15.20 hourly minimum wage, California has the highest in the country at $14 per hour. Washington and Massachusetts are close behind, with $13.69 per hour and $13.50 per hour, respectively.
Where are $15 minimum wages? Besides California and New York, nine states are headed to a $15 pay base over the next four years – Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia.Dec 20, 2021
$13.20Minimum wage for Upstate workers will go from $12.50 an hour to $13.20, according to the state Labor Department. The change affects employees everywhere outside New York City, Long Island and Westchester County. The 70 cent an hour increase means an extra $28 a week for someone working a full-time minimum wage job.Dec 30, 2021
If a $15 increase in the minimum wage was a bad idea from the jump, the idea of crippling those who invested their savings into starting a business given today’s current economic climate would be akin to Fonzie “jumping the shark.”
Let’s face it: minimum wage was never intended to be a living wage; rather it is a starter wage for employees to get their foot in the door and progress into non-hourly positions.