Posts tagged Raise the Wage Oklahoma
Voters reject effort to hike Oklahoma’s minimum wage
June 18, 2026 // Oklahoma's minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009. It is also the national minimum wage. "The State Chamber applauds Oklahoma voters for rejecting SQ 832," said Chad Warmington, president and CEO of the State Chamber. "Tonight, voters chose to protect Oklahoma's economic momentum and one of our greatest competitive advantages: affordability."
Unions and billionaires pour cash into SQ 832—and call it ‘compassion’
May 12, 2026 // The National Education Association (NEA), which regularly supports all sorts of left-wing causes, has donated half a million dollars to support SQ 832. This is the same organization that advocated for taxpayer funding of abortion, advised teachers to hide information from parents regarding their students’ sexuality, opposed efforts to protect girls’ sports, locker rooms, and bathrooms from use by the opposite sex, and proposed removing police officers from schools in the name of racial justice. Other financial supporters include the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE).