Nashe Mutenda

Workers in the United States won meaningful gains in wages, benefits, and working conditions in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2019, nine states have passed new legislation to raise their current or future minimum wage to $15 or higher—including Nebraska, Missouri, and New York. Five states passed paid family and medical leave legislation over the same period, which has equally important implications for economic mobility, gender equity, and basic dignity.