In Hawaii, the minimum wage has not been raised in seven years. Because of inflation and Hawaii's high cost of living, minimum wage workers would have to earn roughly $9.00 per hour, today, to have the same purchasing power that they did in 2007, the last time the minimum wage was increased.

Help us invest in people-driven economics by asking lawmakers to pass SB2609, a bill seeking to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 by 2017, linking future increases automatically to the CPI, and repealing the tip credit. This measure would give our state's workers the financial security they've earned.