'We were blocked by a Trump-nominated judge,' writes JosephNSanberg. 'But we're not going to let that stand in the way of getting workers the raise they deserve.'
A Trump-Nominated Judge Blocked a Wage Hike From the CA Ballot, But the Fight Isn't Over
"We've done the hard work—our measure qualified for 2024. But this measure wasn't designed to help working people two years from now." Two days after the dangerous Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, our lawmakers agreed to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year that would enshrine the right to abortion in our state constitution.
So we wrote the Living Wage Act—a common-sense initiative to steadily and predictably raise the minimum wage to $18 an hour by 2025 . It would boost the income of 5 million Californians and lift 3.5 million hardworking people out of poverty. We've done the hard work—our measure qualified for 2024. But this measure wasn't designed to help working people two years from now.
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