Many of the bumps slated for New Year’s Day come courtesy of recent ballot initiatives approved by voters or bills passed by statehouses, in red and blue states alike.

President Barack Obama stumped for a Minimum Wage hike throughout his second term, but Republicans in Congress blocked Democratic proposals from coming up for a vote.

Buoyed by that support, labor unions and low-Wage workers have succeeded in getting raises passed on the state and local levels as the federal rate has stayed stagnant.

In some cases, the hikes have gone as high as $15 per hour ― the stated goal of the Fight for $15 campaign, the union-backed movement that began with striking fast-food workers in 2012 but soon spread to other low-wage industries.

Just this year, Republicans in Missouri passed a preemption law to retroactively kill a Minimum Wage Hike enacted by city leaders in St. Louis.