Tag: minimum wage
Bank of America to pay $25 minimum wage by 2025
PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp. is raising its minimum wage to $25 per hour by 2025, the company announced in a news release.
The...
McKee signs into law phased $15 minimum wage
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday signed into law an increase in the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over the...
Most-read stories on PBN.com, Feb. 2021
1. Pharmacies in R.I. to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to age 65 POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 19 Pharmacies in Rhode Island will change their COVID-19...
Five Questions With: Georgia Hollister Isman
Georgia Hollister Isman | New England regional director, Working Families Party
1. What is the Working Families Party? The Working Families Party is a progressive...
Should Rhode Island gradually increase its minimum wage to $15 an...
The state Senate on Feb. 10 approved a gradual increase in Rhode Island’s minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 per hour by 2025.
Proponents say...
R.I. Senate passes minimum wage increase
PROVIDENCE – The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would raise the state minimum wage from $11.50 to $15 per hour over four...
R.I. business owner says a minimum wage hike could endanger his...
PAWTUCKET – Bob Wheeler says the potential passage of a minimum wage increase by Rhode Island lawmakers could lead him to make some hard...
Budget office: $15 wage would reduce poverty, increase debt and joblessness
WASHINGTON (AP) – Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour would reduce the number of Americans living in poverty and boost wages for...
Pandemic’s effects will dominate 2021 General Assembly session
The landscape has changed dramatically, literally and figuratively, for state lawmakers for what is shaping up to be among the most consequential General Assembly...
Report: Essential workers continue to struggle to make ends meet
PROVIDENCE – Many of Rhode Island's families were already living from one paycheck to the next prior to the pandemic taking over the economy...
