minimum wage Archives

New $20 minimum wage for fast food workers

Sonny La, La Voz Staff | April 27, 2024

The California State Legislature passed a $20 minimum wage law for fast-food workers on April 1 to help reduce the burden of a high living cost. Assembly Bill 1228 increases fast food worker’s minimum...

Protesters demand higher wages for essential workers on International Workers’ Day

Manveen Kaur Anand, News Editor | May 5, 2021

Hundreds of people marched from Roosevelt Park to San Jose City Hall to advocate for essential workers on International Workers’ Day, May 1.

Raising the minimum wage does more harm than good

Abhiram Rishi Prattipati, Staff Reporter | January 18, 2019

Increasing the minimum wage in California is beneficial to students who work, but is detrimental to employees and businesses of all demographics in the community as it can lead to competition, higher prices...

Letter to the editor

Leonard Del Rosario, De Anza student | February 2, 2015

Dear Editor, As a recent college student graduate, I found it hard to budget the bills that I needed to pay in my college career. The minimum wage is a bare minimum that college students can hardly...