In the News:

- APRN: "With talk of minimum wage bill, initiative sponsors on guard."

- Juneau Empire: "Union opposes Legislature taking up minimum wage."

- Anchorage Daily News: "Any minimum wage bill from House majority is a trick, not a raise"

Poll Finds Majority of Small-Business Owners Favor Federal Minimum Wage Hike, Indexing -Small Business Majority

Minimum wage initiative makes August ballot -ADN
"An initiative letting voters decide whether to raise the minimum wage in Alaska has met the minimum signatory requirements to be on the Aug. 19 ballot."

Backers of vote to increase minimum wage in Alaska submit petition signatures -ADN
"A group backing an increase in Alaska's minimum wage submitted petitions Friday containing signatures of more than 43,000 Alaskans..."

Minimum Wage Fight Takes Shape Across The Map -NPR
"You never know where you might find a volunteer with a clipboard looking for signatures trying to get a voter referendum on the local ballot - like Ed Flanagan in the town of North Pole, Alaska."

Our low-wage workers deserve a raise -Robert Reich
"The good news this Labor Day: Jobs are returning. The bad news this Labor Day: Most of them pay lousy wages and low if non-existent benefits."

Raising minimum wage will help businesses succeed -Juneau Empire
"Raising the minimum wage would put more money in the pockets of low-paid workers who will turn right around and spend it at our local businesses buying necessities they can't afford now."


Together, we can have a fair minimum wage in Alaska.