Senate Bill 49, which proposes a $15 minimum wage in Louisiana advanced on Wednesday out of Committee. Not only would it double Louisianas minimum wage, it would also stipulate that the minimum wage is increased each year by the percentage increase in the federal governments Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. It cleared the […]
While the Fight for $15 movement stalled in Congress, thanks to every Republican in the Senate, a select few Democrats, and one independent U.S. Senator, an amazing idea has been brought to national attention by Sarah Anderson. Anderson is a co-editor at Inequality.org, a project of the progressive Institute for Policy Studies. According to Anderson, […]
As part of his COVID-19 relief bill, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he will seek to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
On Tuesday the Louisiana Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill to amend the state constitution to say that abortion is considered a protected right.
On Thursday, minimum wage increases took effect in twenty states across the nation, while in Louisiana the minimum wage remained at $7.25. This year, Governor John Bel Edwards wants to try once again to change that. “A modest but meaningful increase to $8.50 over a couple of years would be the right thing to do,” […]
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