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.
It’s time to Raise Up Hawaiʻi
Every worker deserves a Living Wage.
All tagged Keiki
All Hawaiʻi workers should be able to make ends meet with one job, and it’s our legislature’s responsibility to make that a reality.
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.
Our representatives need to give us some hope that we can prosper here. That our keiki can prosper here. Raise the minimum wage.
How can I blame my friends for leaving as quickly as they are when the legislature is considering only $13 in four years?
The legislative package proposed by leadership in the State House and Senate calls for a $13 an hour minimum wage by 2024—Hawaiʻi workers already need at least $17 an hour to afford basic needs in 2020.
More than half of the children in the state have a parent earning below $17 per hour.
How much harder for those working minimum-wage jobs in Hawaiʻi, who had every right to expect their elected leaders to address their needs?
Saiki could have written two lines that synthesized his entire commentary: “The Chamber of Commerce, which funds my campaign, didn’t want me to pass a living minimum wage for the people of Hawaiʻi. So I didn’t.”
The leadership of the House of Representatives let our workers down: they include Scott Saiki, Mark Nakashima, Della Au Belatti, Dee Morikawa, Tom Brower, Aaron Johanson and Sylvia Luke.
