Hawaiʻi lawmakers to take pay cut if minimum wage isn’t $15
Under House Bill 2541, Hawaiʻi’s minimum wage would be raised from the current $10.10 an hour to $13 by 2024.
But state Sen. Russell Ruderman of the Big Island and Maui Rep. Tina Wildberger say that’s not adequate.
They prefer at least $15 an hour, although most wage-increase advocates want at least $17 an hour.
Ruderman and Wildberger said this week that they will each pledge $4,000 of their salary to charity unless the minimum wage is at least $15 an hour.
