The landscape is not as bleak as it might seem in the shadow of COVID-19. House Finance Chairwoman Sylvia Luke has just given low-wage workers reason to hope. She is reported to have said recently when asked about the state…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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Public should take priority when framing ‘public policy’
Tagged with: Living wage, living wage HI, Rep. Sylvia Luke
Posted in 2020 Hawaii legislative session, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in 2020 Hawaii legislative session, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Living wage, Uncategorized
Speaker Saiki cites Obama to explain failure to raise the minimum wage. Really???
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.…
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
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
“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
Support the City Council’s Resolution urging the Legislature to Enact a Living Wage: Submit TODAY Jan 30
http://www.honolulu.gov/ccl-testimony-form.html It takes two minutes to say YES to a Honolulu City Council Resolution that tells the Legislature to enact a Living Wage–$17 an hour-– this session. Just go to the link, enter CR-5 Resolution 19-1 and share your perspective.…
Urgent: submit testimony to support a living wage in Hawaii. It’s easy. Promise!
Go to this super easy template from Living Wage Hawaii.Customize or submit as is. Lawmakers listen when people get noisy. https://www.livingwagehawaii.com/labor-testimony The commentary below is adapted from a call to action by Will Caron, Community Organizer Pālolo Neighborhood Board 808…
Tagged with: HB1191, Living wage, raise up Hawaii, SB1248, SB789, testimony
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Living wage, Uncategorized
Posted in I BLOG, Justice, Living wage, Uncategorized
Campaign to Raise Up Hawaii. Join us. Thurs Jan 10, 4.45p.m. Room 329, HI State Capitol
“Servants, laborers and workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. But what improves the circumstances of the greater part can never be regarded as an inconvenience to the whole. No society…
Dawn Morais 