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…
Category: Minimum wage
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…
Inquirer Editorial: Overpaid legislators should raise the minimum wage
The Philadelphia Inquirer March 22, 2016 The public outcry 11 years ago after Pennsylvania legislators met to give themselves a pay raise in the dead…
Activists Demonstrate In Center City Demanding Minimum Wage Increase
CBS Philly March 17, 2016, by Mark Abrams PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — About two dozens activists and their supporters stood outside a fast food restaurant at Broad…
Letter: Hike in Pa. minimum wage is overdue
The Philadelphia Inquirer March 8, 2016 Pa. raise is overdue Raising the Pennsylvania minimum wage to $10.10 an hour will help fund the 2016-17 state…
Demonstrators Rally in Lebanon for minimum wage increase
Lebanon Daily News December 26, 2015 – By John Lattimer Group blames Rep. Mauree Gingrich for blocking vote on minimum wage increase A coalition representing…
How far would a $15 minimum wage go in Pa.? This map will tell you
Read the article on PennLive August 3, 2015 – By John L. Micek These are heady times for the national movement to raise the minimum…
Raise the Minimum Wage PA delivers petition to Sen. Jake Corman
Read the article on PennLive June 8, 2015 – By Madison Russ The Raise the Minimum Wage PA coalition delivered a petition with over 10,000…
Higher Minimum Wage Wouldn’t Hurt Fast Food, Report Says
Higher Minimum Wage Wouldn’t Hurt Fast Food, Report Says The fast food industry would lose neither jobs nor profits even if the minimum wage rose…
There’s no real ‘debate’ about the benefit of raising the minimum wage
Newsworks May 7 2015 – By Tara Murtha Name any issue, and surely there are at least two sides to it. To gin up a…