There are 4 article(s) tagged minimum 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

• March 2022

  • Legislators reject bill allowing cities to raise minimum wage

    “Like many of you, I believe in local control,” state Sen. Sara Kyle of Memphis said.

    By Ian Round March 02, 2022

• October 2021

  • $21 an hour EDGE minimum wage proposal goes down in council vote

    The higher minimum wage for EDGE tax break incentives was well short of seven votes Tuesday, Oct. 19, on the Memphis City Council. Opponents of the measure defeated a move to delay the outcome but there may still be some life left in the call for higher pay for tax breaks.

    By Bill Dries October 19, 2021

• July 2019

  • Methodist Le Bonheur plans to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2021

    Methodist Le Bonheur is raising its minimum wage as part of series of changes to help fight poverty in Memphis. 

    By Jane Roberts July 30, 2019