AAP has been told that the lowest-paid players with state and Women’s Big Bash League contracts will earn $80,000, with state squad sizes to increase from 14 to 16 across each of the seven WNCL sides.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/work/2023/04/02/cricket-australia-to-break-100000-minimum-wage-barrier-for-women/

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the move in a speech at the Conservative Party conference, saying two million of the lowest-paid workers will benefit.

Source: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/national-living-wage-increase-2024-27831870

He said: “This is an absolutely disgraceful decision which will most acutely affect the lowest-paid and most vulnerable workers that keep the city’s night-time economy alive in bars, hotels and clubs.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/company_news/23648982.workers-will-unsafe-glasgow-night-busses-axed/?ref=rss

The union, which represents some of the district’s lowest-paid workers, includes bus drivers, teacher aides, special education assistants, security aides, custodians and food-service workers.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/education/2023/03/21/l-a-teachers-go-on-3-day-strike-as-seiu-rejects-23-raise/

Two in five lowest-paid workers ‘skipping meals and relying on food banks’

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/cma-hotpoint-competition-and-markets-authority-turkish-europe-b2420069.html

Wheaton noted that raising wages for the lowest-paid workers has been a focus of the union movement in the U.S. for the past year.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/ford-workers-join-gm-approving-contract-settlement-ended-104999376