Co-Sponsorship Memo Details

You cannot raise a family on $7.25 per hour.  Even single people cannot feed themselves, pay rent, pay utilities, and save for the future on $7.25 per hour.  As we recover from COVID-19, we need to ensure that workers are getting a fair wage and have the ability to prepare for disasters like the pandemic.  Workers cannot prepare on $7.25 per hour. 
 
In the near future, I will be introducing a bill that would provide the following increases to the minimum wage:
 

• $12 per hour on January 1, 2021;
• $13.50 per hour on July 1, 2021; and
• $15 per hour on January 1, 2022.

 
Concurrently, the tipped wage would be increased on the following schedule:
 

• $5 per hour on January 1, 2021;
• $6.50 per hour on July 1, 2021; and
• $8 per hour on January 1, 2022.

 
We need to ensure that workers are getting paid what they are worth.  Without a fair wage, we will never be able to ensure an equal and just society.  $7.25 per hour is not equal, it is not right, and it is not fair.  Please join with me as we bring fair wages to Pennsylvania workers.