There are 9 article(s) tagged Living Wage:

• September 2022

  • Conaway: At minimum, a wake-up call

    At a minimum, minimum wages must go up, and employers have to start paying more attention to the welfare of those they employ.

    By Dan Conaway September 23, 2022

• February 2021

  • Opinion: Lent, fasting and raising the minimum wage

    During this Lent, the Prophet Isaiah’s strident call — given in God’s name — asks us to do our fasting by “releasing those bound unjustly.” May that perspective lead us in our national debate on raising, for the first time in 12 years, our federal minimum wage.

    By Val Handwerker February 23, 2021

• July 2019

  • Local McDonald’s workers protest for $15 minimum wage

    McDonald's workers in Memphis held a rally Friday demanding the fast-food corporation raise its minimum wage for all McDonald's employees to $15 an hour. 

    By Omer Yusuf July 19, 2019

  • Rose Foundation and living-wage backers on ‘common ground’ in swim facility debate

    The Mike Rose Natatorium is a bold initiative in which University of Memphis students are far from the primary beneficiaries. People who will benefit include at-risk children who might not otherwise learn to swim, competitive youth swimming and water polo teams, and community members who pay a fee to exercise in the pool. 

    By Gabrielle Rose, Morgan D. Rose July 10, 2019

• June 2019

  • 200 rally for U of M to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour

    University of Memphis workers, alumni and living wage advocates gathered on campus Thursday, chanting, "We work, we sweat, put $15 on our checks."

    By Omer Yusuf June 14, 2019

• May 2019

  • Harris, faith and union leaders push living wage for SCS cafeteria workers

    Mayor Lee Harris held a press conference Wednesday urging county leaders to find a way to raise the minimum wage of SCS cafeteria workers to $15 per hour.

    By Omer Yusuf May 08, 2019

• April 2019

  • U of M alumni, United Campus Workers push for $15 minimum wage

    Amid concerns about the University of Memphis’ commitment to raising the minimum wage for its employee to $15 per hour, the United Campus Workers and several alumni held a press conference Friday urging the university to implement wage increases by 2020.

    By Omer Yusuf April 13, 2019

• March 2019

  • Commissioners back $15 minimum wage for public-sector workers

    In a vote split along party lines Monday, the Shelby County Commission approved a resolution supporting a $15 minimum wage for all public-sector employees in the county.

    By Omer Yusuf March 25, 2019

• October 2018

  • Amazon wage increase could drive Memphis warehouse pay higher

    Amazon’s move to pay at least $15 an hour could have a ripple effect on Memphis wages that are near the bottom nationally in the transportation and logistics sector.

    By Wayne Risher October 03, 2018