Urge Your Rep to Support a $15 Minimum Wage by 2024

From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/):

It’s been 12 years since Congress raised the minimum wage―the longest stretch in history.

This is a shameful benchmark, reducing the living standards of working families in this country and exacerbating poverty and inequality. But now, we have a chance to turn that around.

The Raise the Wage Act (HR 582) is expected to receive a vote in the U.S. House next week. And with 205 cosponsors, we need just 14 more supporters to pass a $15 minimum wage and raise the wages of tens of millions of U.S. workers.

Go to https://epipolicycenter.org/call-your-representative-today-pass-a-15-minimum-wage/ to see if your Representative is a cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act, then make a call today urging Congress to pass a $15 minimum wage by 2024.*

This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report assessing the economic impact of a $15 minimum wage. They found that 1.3 million people would be lifted out of poverty and that some 27.3 million low-wage workers would see annual earnings increase by $44 billion―an average $1,500 increase for affected low-wage workers.

Over the last decade, a $7.25 minimum wage has lost purchasing power to the tune of 17 percent, which translates to a loss of more than $3,000 in annual earnings for a full-time, year-round minimum wage worker.

Working people need a raise and that starts by raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Click here to see if your Representative is a cosponsor if this critical legislation, and then make a call today to help pass a $15 minimum wage through the U.S. House.

Thank you for all that you do to raise the wages of all working people.

*NOTE—The following PA representatives are co-sponsors: Brendan Boyle (PA-2); Matt Cartwright (PA-8); Madeleine Dean (PA-4); Mike Doyle (PA-18); Dwight Evans (PA-3); Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6); Conor Lamb (PA-17); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5); Susan Wild (PA-7)