Tag: minimum wage
Proposition 32 would raise the minimum wage to $18 statewide
An important voter initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot, particularly for La Verne students working minimum-wage jobs, is Proposition 32, which would raise the statewide minimum wage from $16 to $18 per hour.
Fast food, health care workers to get substantial raises
This year all workers in California saw a minimum wage increase to $16 effective Jan. 1, but two different industries will soon be getting a higher raise. Fast-food workers will see an increase to $20 an hour beginning in April, and health care workers will see varying increases effective June 1.
ULV dining service workers vote in favor of strike
Bon Appétit employees at the University of La Verne continue to fight for pay raises in their long-overdue renewed contract, which expired in August 2019. Workers went on a strike vote on Tuesday where 100% of the votes made were in favor of authorizing a strike.
Minimum wage hike hard for La Verne shops
Recent national polls suggest that a majority of small business owners support increased minimum wages, but a few downtown La Verne business owners are saying otherwise.
Wage increase gets low mark
In an informal survey of 15 students at the University of La Verne, 14 said they were not happy to hear that a new law to increase the state’s minimum wage would soon be in effect.
Wage change affects work study
Federal work-study is an opportunity for students attending the University of La Verne to be employed in a department on campus, so that they may pay a portion of their tuition as part of their award letter given by the Office of Financial Aid.