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Category: Minimum wage
Don’t discuss minimum wage, GOP speaker tells Dems during Pa. budget debate
WHYY By Katie Meyer, WITF June 26, 2019 Read the story on WHYY The state House passed the main spending bill for its proposed budget Tuesday…
Fighting For a Fair Wage
PUP members joined with other allies in Harrisburg June 4 fighting for a working families budget, a raise in the state minimum wage and the…
Popular support for a higher minimum wage
Most in Pa. support raising minimum wage to $12 per hour: F&M Poll From Penn Live | March 28, 2019 By rsouthwick@pennlive.com‘s Author Page”>Ron Southwick | rsouthwick@pennlive.com The idea of raising…
Wolf’s minimum wage hike needs to bring tipped workers along with it: Editorial
Penn Live February 8, 2017 If there was one, clear flash point in the $32.1 billion budget address that Gov. Tom Wolf offered to a…
Commentary: Republicans in Pa. Legislature continue to block hike in minimum wage
The Daily News By John Dodds – October 31, 2016 AS THE 2015-16 legislative session in Harrisburg comes to a close, a very visible issue…
Minimum Wage Key Issue for PA Voters
Public News Service September 6, 2016 HARRISBURG, Pa. – Most voters in Pennsylvania and other swing states support candidates who support raising the minimum wage,…
Commentary: It’s long past time to raise the minimum wage in Pa.
philly.com June 28, 2016 – By John Dodds That was the last time the Pennsylvania Legislature voted on minimum wage legislation. Since then, 29 states…
Phila. Group Heads To Harrisburg To Demand Increase In Minimum Wage
CBS Philly June 23rd, 2016 – By Mike Dougherty PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A group from Philadelphia will be in Harrisburg today to demand an increase in the…
McDonald’s Just Admitted That Worker Benefits Are Actually Good for Business
Read the story in attn: May 16th, 2016 – By Alex Mierjeski When the burger chain reported an increase in comparable sales for the third straight…