Advocates for a living wage will be asking our elected officials to deliver on their promises and pass a living wage bill in the 2021 legislative session. But we can’t do it without support from you.
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A bill in the state House of Representatives that would increase the minimum wage cleared a committee hurdle Tuesday.
The latest state data show a single adult would need to make about $17 to $18 an hour at a full-time job to afford to live in Hawaiʻi.
They killed bills to raise the state minimum wage and to help the unemployed.
Unemployment insurance benefits should be exempt from Hawaiʻi income tax, but a Senate bill calling for that has unfortunately stalled.
The salary commission approved the wage hikes two years ago but critics now question the optics of government officials getting pay raises during an economic crisis.
How can legislators justify giving themselves a raise when they refuse to hold hearings on increasing the minimum wage?
