New year, new minimum wages in 65 places

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     January 2, 2024 Happy New Year, Mother Jones readers. I must admit, today almost feels like my first day writing the newsletter. Between a mid-December reporting trip, followed directly by trips to Miami and Bangladesh for friends' weddings (they were amazing), I haven't been in the office—or my regular work routine—for a few weeks now. I hope you also had time to unplug and rest as last year wound down. If you didn't, though, here's a bit of good news heading into 2024: A bunch of places—22 states and 43 cities and counties, to be precise—enacted new minimum wage increases yesterday, [according to]( a report from the National Employment Law Project. Six of those states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Washington—now have a minimum wage that reaches or surpasses $15, which has been the goal of the [decade-long]( "Fight for $15" movement. The increases should disproportionately benefit Black, Hispanic, and female workers, who make up more than half of the workers receiving pay bumps, [according to]( an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute. Another three states and 22 jurisdictions will also raise their minimum wages this year. Twenty of these increases will be to $15 or more for some or all employers; 15 places will reach or exceed $17, according to NELP data. Are you benefiting from one of these pay bumps? I hope so. And with [most]( Americans, including a majority of Democrats, [supporting]( a $15 federal minimum wage, these pay bumps could be good news for Democrats in an election year. I hope you'll keep reading—and [supporting](!—our ([expanding]() work in 2024, and I look forward to continuing to visit your inboxes this year. —Julianne McShane Advertisement [House Bookshop Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Happy New Year: A Bunch of Minimum Wage Increases Just Took Effect]( The boosts in pay stands to disproportionately benefit Black and Hispanic workers and women. BY JULIANNE MCSHANE MOJO MUST-READS BY DANIEL SCHULMAN   The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance, from New York Times best-selling author Daniel Schulman. [Get The Money Kings here.]( [Trending] [Is dumping Twitter your New Year's resolution?]( BY ALI BRELAND   [Mayors of sanctuary cities introduced measures to slow down surge of migrants]( BY ARIANNA COGHILL   [Meet the retired women bringing Switzerland to court over climate inaction]( BY AJIT NIRANJAN   [Ohio governor vetoes trans sports and gender-affirming care ban]( BY ARIANNA COGHILL Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [Excessive heat and air pollution are putting farmworkers’ lives at risk]( In California, which has one of the toughest heat standards in the nation. BY LIZA GROSS AND PETER ALDHOUS [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755