In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at ...

While the COVID-19 relief bill brought the $15 an hour minimum wage. Looking back in history, the fight for a minimum wage has been full of political struggle and labor conflict. Here are some notable ...

Americans have grappled with how to compensate workers for more than a century. — -- For more than a century, Americans have grappled with how to fairly compensate the nation’s lowest paid ...

The corks have been popped, the calendar pages turned and a day that promised fresh starts also brought with it some pay bumps for millions of Americans. Hourly minimum wages increased in 21 states on ...

Voters in three states are deciding whether to raise their local minimum wages. But only 1% of hourly workers still earn the federal minimum—which has not increased in 15 years—or less. The federal ...

Effective Jan. 1, 2026, Arizona’s minimum wage will rise to $15.15 per hour. That’s a 45-cent increase from the current ...

The new year will see dozens of states, cities and counties raising the minimum wage locally, helping millions of Americans offset an increasingly urgent affordability crisis. On Jan. 1, 2026, the ...

When minimum wages were first established in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), agricultural workers were exempt. Over time, amendments to the rule brought groups of farmworkers under minimum ...

The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.

The 2024 elections include a raft of ballot measures across every state. Voters will be asked to mark their preference on controversial topics such as abortion, school choice, the legalization of ...