Increase Guam’s minimum wage to $10, says senator

Posted on Apr 11 2014

Tag: Guam

GUAM (Pacific News Center)—In remarks before the Guam Women’s Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Sen. B.J. Cruz announced that he will be introducing a bill to increase the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour three years from now.

Cruz said the wage hike would be staggered. He is proposing a $0.95-cent increase in each of the next three years.

“We’ve already increased the Government of Guam. If you see the disparities between GovGuam and the private sector, it’s embarrassing,” said Cruz.

He said he has been considering the idea for some time, and given the support of local economists, he thinks now is the time to do it.

Jun Dayao Dayao

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