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Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2018

The union organizing an effort to raise wages and benefits for thousands of contract workers at the Orlando International Airport is becoming a symbol of Democrats’ living wage push in Florida. On Tuesday, several dozen workers, some making as little as $5.23 an hour working for airport contractors, declared the airport to be a sweatshop. […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 13, 2018

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is pledging $5 million to help elect candidates throughout Florida this November. In a statement obtained by Florida Politics, the group says the money will go toward “advertising, communications and get-out-the-vote efforts in Florida to support candidates dedicated to lifting up the middle class.” “Having to work two full-time […]

Ryan NicolSeptember 12, 2018

An initial brief has now been filed in a case before the Florida Supreme Court that could have far-reaching implications on local minimum wage ordinances. The Court agreed to hear the case, City of Miami Beach v. Florida Retail Federation, late last month. Now, attorneys for the City of Miami Beach have filed arguments that lower […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 7, 2018

Increasing the federal minimum wage likely wouldn’t much affect the premiums employers pay for workers’ compensation insurance, according to an analysis by the organization that proposes rates for Florida and other states. “A minimum wage change would increase wages and wage-replacement benefits for injured minimum-wage workers,” the analysis by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, or […]

John GregorySeptember 5, 2018

More than 38,000 workers at Walt Disney World have a chance Wednesday and Thursday to vote on a new labor contract, which includes raising the resort’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. Members of the six unions represented by the Service Trades Council will be able to vote from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2018

On this Labor Day, as we squeeze in one more weekend getaway to the beach with the family, we can also give some consideration to the workers who are the backbone of the economic engine that powers our everyday life. Florida has just surpassed a GDP of 1 trillion dollars and we currently have the […]

Ryan NicolAugust 29, 2018

The Florida Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to review a case over whether the city of Miami Beach is permitted to pass its own local minimum wage ordinance, in seeming conflict with state law. The Miami Beach City Commission passed an ordinance in 2016 that would raise the city’s minimum wage to $13.31 per hour by […]

Scott PowersApril 18, 2018

In a Democratic gubernatorial debate Wednesday that illuminated only a handful of policy differences while all four candidates sought to define their brand themes, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham found herself often playing defense, repeatedly disputing remarks from Winter Park businessman Chris King and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum. At one point Graham, the presumed co-front […]

Drew WilsonJanuary 10, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine gave his stump speech and fielded questions from a small group of college students Tuesday a few blocks away from University of Florida campus in Gainesville. “You all must be really bored or really into politics to be here,” Levine said as he walked into Lubavitch Chabad Jewish Center, where […]

Scott PowersJune 19, 2017

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and affordable housing developer Chris King pitches this scenario to Democratic crowds hungry for a rare statewide victory, and a blue governor’s office for the first time in 20 years: “If you can imagine the gubernatorial debate of 2018, late October, we have a Republican, and we have a Democrat. And the time […]

Tag: minimum wage

Orlando airport contract workers get Democratic support

SEIU to put $5 million toward Florida elections

Initial brief filed in Miami Beach minimum wage case

NCCI sees minimal blowback from minimum wage hike

Disney World workers voting on $15 minimum wage

Annie Betancourt: Recognize working families on Labor Day

Florida Supreme Court to review suit over Miami Beach minimum wage

Democratic debate puts Gwen Graham on defense

Philip Levine talks climate change, minimum wage with UF students

Chris King brings home his ‘progressive entrepreneur’ campaign message