Public Health Crisis — The Fight for a Living Wage in Hawaii

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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It’s time to Raise Up Hawaiʻi

Every worker deserves a Living Wage.

All tagged Public Health Crisis

Feb 3

Feb 3 Pros and cons of raising Hawaiʻi's minimum wage

Catherine Cruz

What can you buy for $10? Two gallons of unleaded gas... a gallon of milk? It's not enough for a plate lunch anymore… maybe a mini if you're lucky. You may have to settle for a few musubi. That’s how far $10 goes these days. Not far at all.

Feb 3

Feb 3 Raise wages, workers’ living standards, enhance public health

Dr. May Rose Dela Cruz, Daniel Ross & Dr. Arcelita Imasa

Living Wage

Now more than ever, we see that wage levels in Hawaiʻi need to be raised substantially to improve workers’ living standards and safeguard the public’s health.

Dec 15

Dec 15 Minimum wage has stayed at $10.10 for 4 years. With high inflation, will lawmakers make any changes?

Bill Dorman

Living Wage

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.

Apr 7

Apr 7 Dark clouds are looming over Hawaiʻi even as the economy appears to be improving

Stewart Yerton

Systemic Poverty

Economic experts say many people are worse off than they were before the pandemic and a lower unemployment rate is simply masking deeper problems.

Jun 8

Jun 8 Essential workers today, with starvation wages tomorrow?

Nate Hix

Living Wage

It is one of the shameful ironies of our time that Hawaiʻi continues to fail to address the injustice that many workers deemed essential do not receive a wage that meets their essential needs.