While Speaker Saiki’s recent OpEd (Honolulu Star Advertiser 5/27/2019) makes passing reference to “a blue state like Hawaii,” his arguments for why the legislature failed to ensure a raise for working people are more likely to make them see red.…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Speaker Saiki cites Obama to explain failure to raise the minimum wage. Really???
Tagged with: Living wage, Minimum Wage Hawaii, Scott Saiki, Sheela Jane Menon, Sid Goldstein
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Living wage, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Living wage, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights
‘Democratic’ lawmakers fail to pass living wage for Hawaii workers
National and local research has shown that raising the minimum wage is good for the economy. Yet, despite an avalanche of calls from workers, clergy, enlightened businesspeople, mental health experts and doctors, Hawaii lawmakers let the minimum wage bill die…
PLEASE CALL/EMAIL NOW: There is still time to raise the minimum wage for Hawaii’s struggling workers
GUEST POST BY GARY HOOSER This past Friday, the House was unable to get the approvals needed from their Finance Committee to pass the minimum wage bill out of the Conference Committee. Unless another committee meeting is scheduled tomorrow, April…
Tagged with: Fight for $15 Hawaii, Living Wage Hawaii, raise up Hawaii
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage
A living wage aids mental health and allows workers to be more present at work. That’s good for business.
Time is of the essence! Please email these legislators now: Rep. Aaron Johanson – repjohanson@capitol.hawaii.gov Rep. Sylvia Luke – repluke@capitol.hawaii.gov Sen. Brian Taniguchi – sentaniguchi@capitol.hawaii.gov Sen. Gil Keith-Agaran – senkeithagaran@capitol.hawaii.gov Sen. Stanley Chang – senchang@capitol.hawaii.gov For the bill to pass…
Tagged with: Living wage, mental health, Trisha Kajimura
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Working multiple jobs and not able to meet basic needs? There is no aloha in condemning workers to less than a living wage.
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Keali'i Lopez, living wage HI, Nate Hix
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
“All faith traditions say take care of the vulnerable.” Tell lawmakers we need a living wage now.
A living wage would benefit not just workers, but businesses and the overall state economy as well. Time is of the essence! Please email these legislators as soon as possible, but definitely by the end of the day on Thursday,…
Tagged with: Fight for $15 Hawaii, Living wage, Rev. David Gierlach
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Poverty undermines children’s health: Hawaiʻi families need a living wage now.
You can help: please call the following members of the conference committee for SB789. Let them know you want them to pass a $15 minimum wage bill this year for ALL workers. REPRESENTATIVES Johanson (586-9470); Luke (586-6200), Cullen (586-8490) and…
Tagged with: Dr. Robert Pantell, Fight for $15 Hawaii, Living wage, raise up Hawaii
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Families are leaving Hawaii for lack of a living wage. Tell lawmakers to enact a $15/hour minimum wage now.
"Because of not having a living wage… I can't afford my tuition… I can't start my career here, and I can't start my life here. I have to move out." – Ma Glidolet Rallojay, UH Manoa student. Go to https://t.co/m2ermm6lzZ…
Tagged with: Living wage, Ma Glodilet Rallojay, UH Manoa
Posted in Family and Friends, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in Family and Friends, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Will the 2019 legislative session in Hawai’i honor the spirit of Queen Liliʻuokalani and Father Damien?
As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, people–Catholic or not, French or not– mourned. Buildings stand for something –good and bad–that we cannot always put into words. As the legislative session draws to a close here in Hawai’i, it is worth asking…
Tagged with: Fight for $15, Fr. Damien, Living wage, Queen Lili`uokalani
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Living wage, Politics and Religion, Queen Lili`uokalani, Workers' Rights
Posted in Business and Justice, Fight for $15, I BLOG, Living wage, Politics and Religion, Queen Lili`uokalani, Workers' Rights
Guest Post: Palm Sunday at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu
“As you all know, as you did and do and will do, in culture, we build bridges, not walls,” he said. After his performance, he gestured to the bridge to his right. “I’ve lived my life at the borders. Between…
Tagged with: Palm Sunday, Rev. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church, Yo Yo Ma
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops
