Families Out of Balance
How a Living Wage Helps Working Families Move From Debt to Stability
August 2014
Press Release:
Families Out of Balance: Living Wages Move Families from Survive to Thrive
Media
Connecticut
“Working Families Struggling to Make Ends Meet are Sliding Deeper into Debt” – Connecticut Post Blog
“Campaign demands better job access” – Yale Daily News: New Haven, CT
“Op-Ed: Tax the big businesses that won’t pay Connecticut workers a living wage” – The Connecticut Mirror
“Report: Connecticut’s Living Wage Is $19.08 An Hour” – CTNewsJunkie: Connecticut
“Report: Connecticut’s living wage is $19.08 an hour” – Middletown Press News
Florida
“Gov. Scott’s definition of job growth is low-pay, dead-end” – The Palm BeachPost
“New report says minimum wage in Florida should be doubled to support working families” – Creative Loafing: Tampa, FL
“Report: Florida’s Minimum Wage Less Than Half What It Should Be” – WLRN Radio: Miami, FL
Idaho
“Study Says Idaho Living Wage is $14.50″ – KPVI TV: Pocatello, ID
“Study: Idaho’s minimum wage half of livable wage” – Lewiston Tribune: Lewiston, ID
“Idaho’s minimum wage only half of livable wage” – Idaho Statesman: Boise, ID
“Idaho’s minimum wage only half of livable wage” – Idaho State Journal: Pocatello, ID
“Idaho’s minimum wage only half of livable wage” – KBOI TV: Boise, ID
“Minimum Wage Only Half a Livable Wage for Idahoans” – Twin Falls Times-News: Twin Falls, ID
“Minimum wage doesn’t allow for living wage in North Idaho” – KHQ TV: Spokane
“Idaho’s minimum wage is half of living wage for 1 adult, group says” – Idaho Statesman: Boise, ID
“Idaho Families Can’t Make Ends Meet” – The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA
“$14.57: Idaho’s Living Wage” – Boise Weekly
“Families Out of Balance: Idaho’s Reality Is Nowhere Near Living Wage” – Boise Weekly
Maine
“Groups want minimum wage issue in campaigns” – WCSH TV: Portland, ME
“Report: Maine’s Minimum Wage Earners Falling Further Behind” – MPBN News:
“Report: Mainers on low wages face tougher times” – MaineBiz, Maine’s Business News Source
“New living wage report: Maine families struggle to make ends meet” – Maine Insights
“Maine’s Working Families Deserve to Earn a Living Wage” – Maine Center for Economic Policy
“Mainers continue to struggle with low-paying jobs” – The Pulse Morning Show WZON Radio: Maine
Montana
“Montana working families deserve living wage, health care” – The Missoulian, Missoula, MT
“The cost of living in Montana” – Helena Independent Record
“Op-Ed: Montana working families deserve a living wage” – The Montana Standard
“Sen. Malek: Montana working families deserve a living wage” – Ravalli Republic
“The cost of living in Montana” – The Montana Standard
“Study shows living wage would provide stability for families” – NBC Montana
“Montana group advocating for workers to be paid a ‘living wage’” – KAJ18 TV: Kalispell, MT
“‘The Equality Of Opportunity’” – Montana Public Radio
“Local group advocating for workers to be paid a “living wage” – KPAX TV: Missoula, MT
Minimum wage isn’t a living wage in MT – The Missoulian
New York
“Report says state minimum wage leaves Ulster County families behind” – Daily Freeman: Kingston, NY
“NYS Senator, Others To Call For Minimum Wage Increase” – WAMC Northeast Public Radio
“Report says New York’s minimum wage leaves Ulster families behind” – Mid-Hudson News
Oregon
“Michelle Glass – Oregon Action” – KOBI TV: Medford, OR
“A living wage in Oregon? $15.96, says report” – Portland Business Journal: Portland, OR
“15th Annual Job Gap Report: Wages are Down and the Cost of Living is Up” – The Skanner: Portland, OR
Virginia
“Virginia families need higher wages, Medicaid expansion” – Augusta Free Press: Waynesboro, VA
Washington
“King County weighs mandatory living wage for contract employees next year” – Real Change News: Seattle, WA
“Report: Washington’s Low-Income Residents Are Disproportionately Burdened By Debt” – KPLU Radio: Seattle, WA
“The living wage in King County? Way more than $15 per hour” – Puget Sound Business Journal
“Getting Paid: Washington to raise its minimum wage” – Inlander, Spokane, WA
“King County Council Makes ‘Statement’ with Living Wage Vote” – Seattle Weekly
“King County Council approves ‘living wage’ requirement” – Seattle Times