California governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state’s minimum wage will rise to $17.40 next year, a ay floor set to become the highest of any US state.
The pay bump will go into effect starting 1 January, Newsom announced on Friday. The state’s current minimum rate is $16.90. In a news release, Newsom touted the move as a salve for working families amid high living costs and took a jab at the Trump administration.
“For years, Donald Trump and Republicans have blocked efforts to raise the federal minimum wage while handing tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations,” Newsom said.
Still not enough.
If it were all at once the crying and resistance would be crazy. At least these small increases help with inflation
It would also make it more difficult to make multiple increments. The minimum wage can’t stay static so that would be pretty bad.
Tie it to inflation motherfucker, stop claiming this as some kind of huge win
Oregon does this. At 16.80 in their metro areas atm. Different levels the further outside the bigger cities too.
It’s okay to be aggressive, and it’s also okay to be wrong. But one must not be both aggressive and wrong.
California’s minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index. It increases every year according to inflation.
California’s minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index.
The core CPI that most politicians and media use or the All Items CPI?
Because the former excludes food and energy costs, making it all but worthless for measuring the ACTUAL cost of living.
Not just inflation - Lock it to purchasing power.
Or just GDP - but honestly, the focus should be on getting a proper system of unions up and going
Can California block tax transfer payments to the feds? That’d be way cooler than a childish tweet.
I sure do wish these media outlets would stop jerking off Gavin Newsom. He’s only comparatively progressive.
