It's (past) time for Oklahoma to raise its minimum wage

[TexasTowelie]

Last week, Missouri and our next door neighbor, Arkansas, passed minimum wage initiatives. Arkansas voters approved $11 by 2021, while those in Missouri went with $12 by 2023. It’s time (past time!) for Oklahoma to join the many states that have exceeded the federal rate. BTW, AR’s minimum wage was ALREADY higher than OK’s. (OK has $7.25, which is the federal rate.) There is no longer a rational excuse about regional differences.

Let’s not let this economic justice bandwagon rush along without us!

The campaign for higher minimum wages originated years ago in blue cities like New York and Seattle, but it’s proving pretty popular in Trump country as well.

Voters in both Arkansas and Missouri, two states that went strongly for President Donald Trump in 2016, passed ballot initiatives to increase the state minimum wage during Tuesday’s midterm elections.

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Both measures enjoyed overwhelming support, with 68 percent of Arkansas voters and 62 percent of Missouri voters voting in favor.

Minimum wage ballot initiatives have also won handily in red and purple states, such as South Dakota, Nebraska and Arizona, in the past two election cycles.

At least two groups are actively talking about getting the issue on the ballot for voters to decide, but the clock is ticking for a 2020 initiative to happen. Time to stop talking and start organizing!

Read more: http://blueoklahoma.org/2018/11/12/its-past-time-for-oklahoma-to-raise-its-minimum-wage/

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. By 2021 it should be 18.00 an hour.

7.25 is an insult to any worker in 2018.

[ROB-ROX]

2. BRAVE NEW WORLD

I think as long as there are republicans around to prevent GOOD like a nice minimum pay rate; this will not happen. It may takes state by state to promote good wages. There are too many republicans ready to stop a GOOD thing. Only when it is proven that good wages promote a good economy will people wake up and DUMP the evil republicans and vote DEMOCRATIC.......WOKE