How Unions Hope to Win a $15 Minimum Wage in California
“One in four Californians is living in poverty because wages are too low to feed a family. We have to do better by our kids,” Assembly member Roger Hernández says.
Labor unions are pushing to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour with two initiatives competing for voters’ approval.
Two different unions are trying to get questions on the ballot for Californians to have a say on a $15 minimum wage.
“One in four Californians is living in poverty because wages are too low to feed a family. We have to do better by our kids,” Assembly member Roger Hernández, a Democrat, said in a statement.
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