minimum wage Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Biden signs $15 minimum wage for federal contract workers

by JOSH BOAK Associated Press April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

The increase could be dramatic for workers who earn the current minimum of $10.95 an hour.

by ALAN FRAM Associated Press February 25, 2021February 26, 2021

The proposal would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 over 5 years, well over the $7.25 in effect since 2009.

by Steve DiMillo Special to the Press Herald February 3, 2021February 2, 2021

Hazard pay of $18 an hour – a minimum wage that’s the highest in the nation – is hurting the very people it’s meant to help.

by Karl W. Smith Bloomberg Opinion January 29, 2021January 28, 2021

Local governments and entrepreneurs are in the best position to decide what wages should be.

Some have cut hours and laid off staff. Others have raised prices. Many say the situation isn’t sustainable.

by The Baltimore Sun January 23, 2021January 22, 2021

It’s the right thing to do to provide not a handout, just a fair wage for a fair day’s work. And it’s badly overdue.

by Martin Jones Special to the Press Herald December 30, 2020December 29, 2020

Approval of Portland’s rent-control and minimum-wage proposals shows what happens when the public decides issues without asking many hard questions.

About 100 Portland Public Schools employees would see their pay rate bumped up to $18 per hour.

by Malik Pitchford Tribune News Service December 16, 2020December 15, 2020

His politics have always been those of a cautious centrist.

The company says the temporary increase will help it cope with the new minimum emergency wage of $18 an hour passed by Portland voters in November.