Missouri, Alaska and Nebraska are voting on ballot measures that could raise wages for nearly a million workers
By Michael Arria
Truthout, October 12, 2024
This election season, there’s understandably been intense focus on ballot questions that will affect reproductive rights, but there’s been less discussion of the fact that multiple states will also be voting on whether to raise their minimum wage and grant workers paid sick time.
Twenty-six states have an initiated constitutional amendment process, which allows citizens to place legislation on the ballot for a vote by gathering a predetermined number of signatures. ...
According to Business For a Fair Minimum Wage — a national network of business owners pushing to raise worker wages — 20 states have minimum wages that are no higher than the federal rate. Unsurprisingly, many of these states lack a ballot initiative process that allows organizers to take the question directly to the people. ...