Arizona’s minimum wage is among the highest in the U.S, and state law requires wages to increase each year based on the cost-of-living index. Yet, many students do not feel supported by these increases.
The current statewide minimum wage for non-tipped workers is $14.70, the 13th highest in the country. That’s more than double the federal minimum wage, according to the Department of Labor. However, some students at ASU feel it doesn’t support them fully while enrolled in college.
Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Director Fred Yamashita of Arizona AFL-CIO — a labor federation representing 185,000 union members in over 200 local union affiliates — said the concept of minimum wage is now far different from its inception in 1938…