
Red States Cut Worker Pay By $1.5 Billion
If you’re a minimum wage worker in a conservative state, your state lawmakers may have cut your paycheck by over $4,000.
If you’re a minimum wage worker in a conservative state, your state lawmakers may have cut your paycheck by over $4,000.
If the Raise the Wage Act becomes law, it will mark the first federal minimum wage increase in over a decade and the largest jump ever.
This week, the House of Representatives will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage across the country to $15 an hour by 2024.
Women of color in the restaurant industry find themselves dependent on tips to make up for low wages, which is often not enough to survive on