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Now, pointing to the state’s affordability issues, proponents of Proposition 32 would have you believe raising the minimum wage from $16 to $18 per hour offers a solution for entry-level workers ...
Proposition 32 will ask California voters if the statewide minimum wage should be increased to $18 an hour. The current minimum wage in California is $16 an hour and adjusts for inflation.
Are California voters, normally progressive on labor issues, about to turn down an $18 minimum wage increase?
In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
Membership in the United Association grew to 6,700 in 1893, but fell to 4,400 by 1897. Yet, by that year 151 local unions were listed on its rolls. Starting in 1898, the construction industry entered a period of expansion and prosperity that lasted until 1914. From 1898 to 1906 the United Association quadrupled its membership.
Sen. James J. Davis (R-PA) and Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R–NY-1), the co-sponsors of the Davis–Bacon Act. The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics.
Proposition 32 proposed raising the minimum wage to $17 immediately for larger employers and to $18 starting in January 2025. Prop. 32, measure to increase minimum wage to $18 an hour, trails in ...
Beginning in the mid-1990s, UE has been organizing state and municipal workers in North Carolina, chartering their statewide organization as UE Local 150. [32] A North Carolina state law dating to the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, General Statute 95–98, prohibits public employees from bargaining labor contracts.