Minimum wage increase needed
This is a disaster bigger then Hurricane ʻIniki; more disastrous than the 2018 Puna lava flow.
This can be easily fixed by you, the legislature. You have the opportunity to be a hero for your communities and Hawaiʻi. Address poverty and homelessness. Do the right thing. Do what we elected you for; represent your people with facts, dignity and respect.
This increase will have an immediate impact on reducing homelessness when people who work full-time can afford basic housing.
This is currently the most important issue in Hawaiʻi: Even during the global pandemic and subsequent economic depression; along with massive human-induced climate change and energy crisis, which our state is one the most vulnerable to in the U.S. and the world.
Twenty-six other states have already approved minimum wage increases for this year (2021). Hawaiʻi has the highest cost of living in the U.S., yet 20 other states already have a higher minimum wage than Hawaiʻi.
This is unacceptable, and it is your job to make Hawaiʻi a leader in the U.S. in equality and justice for all.
