- Colorado minimum wage to jump to $8, By Pat Ferrier, December 18, 2013, The Coloradoan: “Colorado will increase its minimum wage by 22 cents on Jan. 1. The minimum wage for most workers will go to $8 an hour, while it will jump to $4.98 per hour for tipped workers, such as restaurant servers. The increase is expected to benefit about 104,000 low-wage workers in the state, but the impact on Fort Collins wages will likely be negligible…”
- Ohio to hike minimum wage to $7.95/hr, December 18, 2013, Cincinnati Enquirer: “About 330,000 workers in Ohio will get a pay raise on Jan. 1, when the state’s minimum wage will increase by 10 cents to $7.95 an hour. The minimum wage for Ohio workers who receive tips also will increase, by 5 cents to $3.98 per hour. The pay hikes are the result of a ballot initiative approved by voters in 2006, which provides for annual rate adjustments to keep pace with the rising cost of living…”
- Majority of Americans want minimum wage to be increased, poll finds, By Michael A. Fletcher and Peyton M. Craighill, December 17, 2013, Washington Post: “A large majority of Americans want Congress to substantially increase the minimum wage as part of an effort to reduce the nation’s expanding economic inequality, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. As a growing share of the country’s income flows to the very wealthiest, the poll found that 57 percent of Americans say lawmakers should pursue policies aimed at balancing an economic system they think is out of whack. Nearly two in three say federal policy is tilted toward helping the rich over Americans who are less well-off, according to the survey…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty