Show Me the Data. Here’s the Argument for Raising Pa.’s Minimum Wage
Penn Capital-Star March 28, 2019 An SEIU activist rallies for a $15/hr. minimum wage, which was one of the policies that F&M researchers polled in their most recent public opinion survey. (Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr Commons) By Stephen Herzenberg The death of Princeton … Continued
Tell Our Senators to Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): VICTORY!!! The House of Representative PASSED the Paycheck Fairness Act (HR 7/S 270) — right in time for Equal Pay Day on April 2nd! Now we’re charging full speed ahead toward the U.S. Senate with our … Continued
Senator Tartaglione Introduces New Minimum Wage Bill
HARRISBURG, PA, March 22, 2019 – State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione (D-Philadelphia) today introduced Senate Bill 12 that would raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 per hour this year, and $15 by 2025, after which the rate would be adjusted … Continued
Urge Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the Healthy Families Act
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): When 34 million workers can’t earn a single paid sick day, we have a problem. A big one. That’s why we’re elated that just last week, U.S. Senator Murray and Representative DeLauro reintroduced the Healthy Families … Continued
Wage Growth for Low-Wage Workers Has Been Strongest in States with Minimum Wage Increases
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Low-wage workers in states that increased the minimum wage between 2013 and 2018 experienced wage growth at a rate 50 percent faster than those in states with no minimum wage increases. Check out EPI’s … Continued
Support the Paycheck Fairness Act
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This is huge. Recently, the Paycheck Fairness Act (HR 7) was passed by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor! Next, the bill is headed to a floor vote, where it could pass the House … Continued
Urge Your Representative to Vote for the Raise the Wage Act
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The federal minimum wage has not received an increase in nearly a decade. At $7.25 per hour, it is now more than 25 percent below where it was in real terms half a century … Continued
An Increased Minimum Wage Would Benefit Nearly 40 Million Americans
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Ten years have passed since Congress raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour, and it has “lost almost 15 percent of its value to inflation” since then, according to EPI’s David Cooper. … Continued
Wage Inequality—Most Gains Have Gone to Top 10% of Workers
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Wage inequality is on the rise. This is according to a new report by EPI’s Elise Gould, which analyzes wage trends between 2000 and 2018. According to Gould’s research, since the start of the … Continued