Oklahoma voters to decide whether to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour through State Question 832

COLUMN: No matter the outcome of S.Q. 832, lawmakers must address wage growth

In just a couple of weeks, Oklahoma voters will decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage through State Question 832.

Why Oklahoma's minimum wage question might look strange to voters

Ballots for the June 16 primary election include outdated language on Oklahoma’s State Question 832, which would raise the minimum wage in the state.

COLUMN: Lawmakers could solve wage growth in state

If voters reject SQ 832, lawmakers should not interpret that outcome as an endorsement of keeping Oklahoma’s minimum wage at $7.25 indefinitely.

SQ 832 would gradually raise state minimum wage to $15/hour

A restaurant owner in Loco says Oklahoma’s current minimum wage is “unfeasible,” but argued that doubling it in short intervals would raise major obstacles for small businesses. On June 16, Oklahoma voters will decide on SQ 832, a proposal to gradually increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by […] The post SQ 832 would gradually raise state minimum wage to $15/hour appeared first on The Black Wall Street Times.

Oklahoma voters to decide whether to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour through State Question 832

Oklahoma voters will decide later this month whether to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour through State Question 832.

State Question 832 on June 16 ballot

State Question 832 will be on the June 16 statewide ballot. It will ask state voters whether to increase the state minimum wage by amending the Oklahoma Minimum Wage Act. This would be statutory only and would not amend the Oklahoma Constitution. This was brought to the ballot by the initiative petition process, with signatures gained from state voters, and not through the Legislature. A yes vote...