Movement on minimum wage is happening both close to home and nationally, as a current focus of both state-level government and presidential-hopefuls. Last week, the City Council of Kansas City voted 12-1 to raise minimum wage. It still has a chance of being derailed by lawmakers, but for now:
KC City Council passes minimum wage ordinance 12-1, will increase to $13 per hour by 2020 https://t.co/nEMw6qcnWl via @41actionnews
— Raquelita (@kcturtlemo) July 17, 2015
#KansasCity Council raises the minimum wage to $8.50 next month and $13 by 2020. It's a start #KC http://t.co/CoSz4JOflt
— JJ Pawlowski (@jjpawlowski) July 23, 2015
There was, predictably, a mixed reaction. Is it going to bring workers to a livable wage, or lose too many their jobs entirely?
“I can’t even afford to get a meal if I work at Wendy’s for one hour”. – Somalia Doyle, Wendy’s worker http://t.co/68AhEn7j3A #Fightfor15
— Stand Up KC (@standup_kc) July 20, 2015
KC’s new #minimumwage will put $$$ back into the communities where it is needed most. pic.twitter.com/9x65qy454q @MoJWJ
— Jobs With Justice (@jwjnational) July 17, 2015
KC voted to raise minimum wage to $13/hr by the year 2020. If your first thought after reading this was positive, please slap yourself.
— Katie Vaughan (@KatieVaughan_) July 23, 2015
Minimum wage workers are going to be making $13/hr in KC by 2020. Way too high for jobs that require very little to no education. Ridiculous
— Hayden Landgraf (@haydenlandgraf7) July 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/_JoceContreras_/status/622109788378279937
And then just yesterday, New York moved forward to raise fast food workers’ minimum wage to $15 an hour.
New York Plans $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers http://t.co/hFZ8kiqktH #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/UfEpPO5rNF
— SPLC (@splcenter) July 23, 2015
New York State is the latest to embrace a growing push for a $15-an-hour minimum wage http://t.co/TIHozgQ6LQ
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 23, 2015
If the min wage had kept up with productivity & inflation since 1968, it would be more than $26/hr today. #fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/LHDWTtMoVt
— Benny (@BRios82) July 22, 2015
Politicians made sure their positions were known as well.
Every @HouseGOP member that votes against raising the wage needs to read this. #Fightfor15 https://t.co/BZOXn0I1eB
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 22, 2015
$15 min wage in LA, $15 for NY fast food workers, & $15 for MA home health workers. That’s real change for working families. #fightfor15
— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) July 23, 2015
Yesterday I joined workers on strike to push for a $15 minimum wage. #fightfor15 Sign on here: http://t.co/FTurXfxSz5 pic.twitter.com/7fmgQRBeXT
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 23, 2015
A higher minimum wage could soon be coming to a theatre, or a local burger joint, near you.
.@Show_Me15 is looking at @FastFoodForward + @Standup_kc like "STL needs $15 and it's time we get it." #Fightfor15 pic.twitter.com/leWr0v0cey
— Fight For 15 (@fightfor15) July 23, 2015
