Measure on the ballot in the 2022 Nebraska General Election in Nebraska.
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Get StartedA vote "for" this measure supports amending the Nebraska statute establishing a minimum wage for employees to increase the state minimum wage from nine dollars ($9.00) per hour to ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) per hour on January 1, 2023, to twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour on January 1, 2024, to thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per hour on January 1, 2025, and to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour on January 1, 2026, to be adjusted annually thereafter to account for increases in the cost of living.
A vote "against" this measure opposes amending the Nebraska statute establishing a minimum wage for employees in this manner.
"Nebraskans who work hard full time should not have to live in poverty. Right now, working families can't make ends meet because wages haven't kept up and parents can't afford to pay rent and put food on the table at today's minimum wage of $9 an hour, just $18,000 a year. Initiative 433 will gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. This will benefit people employed as home care aides, school aids, waitstaff, and skilled assembly line workers as well as thousands of children in Nebraska whose working parents make less than $15 per hour. When a minimum wage worker in Nebraska gets a small raise, that's money that goes directly into Nebraska communities, small businesses, and the local economy." - Nebraska Secretary of State Informational Pamphlet for Initiative Measure Nos. 432 & 433, in support of Initiative Measure 433 (Learn more)
"The minimum wage was never meant to be a "living wage," but an "entry level" wage for young people or first-time workers. These wage increases are a 66.7% surge over three years and increase inflation. Most minimum wage jobs are with small businesses or franchisees and those owners cannot afford higher wages. This hits rural Nebraska harder where the cost of living is lower. This increase causes employers to raise prices for their product or service and pass those costs onto consumers. Increasing the wage every year will force businesses to "step-up" their other salaries, which is also inflationary. A higher minimum wage forces companies to reduce their workforce and increase automation. This measure forces increases for tipped wage employees. Some small businesses will close because they can't afford the new mandatory wage." - Nebraska Secretary of State Informational Pamphlet for Initiative Measure Nos. 432 & 433, in opposition to Initiative Measure 433 (Learn more)
Shall the Nebraska statute establishing a minimum wage for employees be amended to increase the state minimum wage from nine dollars ($9.00) per hour to ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) per hour on January 1, 2023, to twelve dollars ($12.00) per hour on January 1, 2024, to thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per hour on January 1, 2025, and to fifteen dollars ($15.00) per hour on January 1, 2026, to be adjusted annually thereafter to account for increases in the cost of living?
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