Posted at http://www.businessforafairminimumwage.org/news/001041/reading-eagle-charlie-crystle-fair-minimum-wage-why-it-pays-be-good Shared with permission of Business for a Fair Minimum Wage and Charlie Crystle (see bio at end). Copyright Charlie Crystle 2016. Op-Ed By Charlie Crystle Wilkes Barre Citizen Voice, Oct 31, 2016. Also Reading Eagle, The Intelligencer, Bucks County … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): We have good news and bad news to share. The good news: Poverty in Pennsylvania is down. Household median income is up. More people have access to health care. The bad news: … Continued
One of the criticisms of raising the minimum wage is that jobs will eliminated because employers cannot afford to pay more. Any campaign needs to have strong counter arguments to this old saw. The current minimum wage is so low that … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-06/livable-wages-working-families/minimum-wage-key-issue-for-pa-voters/a53885-1 September 6, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The poll says 62 percent of Pennsylvania voters support raising the federal minimum wage to $15. (Make the Road PA) HARRISBURG, Pa. … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/07/25/federal-minimum-wage-not-been-raised-seven-years/ July 25, 2016 | Rachel West Source: AP Photo/David Goldman Yesterday was the anniversary of the last federal minimum wage increase—for seven years, it has remained at $7.25. Given the breakneck pace of state and local action—26 states, the District … Continued