Workers & the EconomyMinimum Wage Massachusetts: 2024 Updates & Rules
M.G.L. Chapter 151, Section 1 sets the minimum wage in Massachusetts at $15.00 per hour and contains no indexing formula, no inflation trigger, and no scheduled future increase.
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Civil Rights at WorkMassachusetts minimum wage: 2024 rates & changes
The mass minimum wage held at $15.00 per hour throughout 2024, unchanged for the first time in five years, after the final scheduled increase under the state's 2018 "Grand Bargain" legislation took effect on January 1, 2023.
AFL-CIO, PNBC, and Rainbow PUSH Launch National Voter Mobilization Coalition
The Progressive National Baptist Convention, AFL-CIO, and Rainbow PUSH Coalition will launch "The People's Revival" on September 22, 2026, at Zion Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., according to an announcement from the coalition.
Workers & the EconomyVirginia State Minimum Wage: 2024 Rate & Updates
$12.41 plus ($12.41 × 0.029) equals $12.77. That one-line formula, published by the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, determines the minimum wage in the state of Virginia taking effect January 1, 2026.
Union OrganizingQantas Ground Workers to Strike Over Pay and Safety as Airline Faces Labor Crisis
Approximately 600 Qantas ground workers will strike for 24 hours beginning September 23 across multiple Australian cities, demanding improved pay, job security, and safety standards following the airline's 2020 illegal termination of 1,800 workers, according to Travel Radar.
Workers & the EconomyMinimum Wage State of Oregon: 2024 Rates
Oregon's minimum wage is set by a CPI-indexed formula that automatically adjusts three separate geographic rates every July 1, making it one of the few state wage systems that tracks inflation without requiring annual legislative action. As of July 1, 2024, those rates stand at $15.
Union OrganizingUnion Organizers and Labor Veterans Run for Congress in 2026 Midterm Push
More than three dozen Democratic and independent nominees with backgrounds as labor union representatives or members are running for open House and Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections, according to a Guardian analysis published September 19.
Labor Policy & Lawminimum wage in the state of north carolina
North Carolina is one of 25 states where the minimum wage sits at the federal floor of $7.25 per hour, unchanged since July 2009, with a preemption law that blocks every one of its 553 municipalities from setting a higher rate for private-sector workers.
Union OrganizingAutoZone Workers in White Plains Push for First Union as Company Spends $200,000 Fighting Campaign
Eleven workers at an AutoZone store in White Plains, New York, will vote beginning September 25 on whether to join United Auto Workers Local 259 and form the first union at the nation's largest auto parts retailer, according to reporting in The Guardian.
Workers & the EconomyMinimum Wage in California 2026: What to Know
California's minimum wage in 2026 operates as a three-tier system: a CPI-indexed statewide floor of $16.90 per hour, local city and county rates reaching $20.34 in Emeryville, and industry-specific mandates pushing healthcare workers to $25.00 per hour.