Minimum Wage
May 2, 2017 03:56 PM to All Senate Members
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Senator Daylin Leach
D Senate District 17
Memo
In the near future I will introduce legislation which will raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to $15 per hour and permanently index it to inflation.
The $15 per hour figure is what would be required to lift minimum wage workers with families out of poverty. Keep in mind that if the minimum wage had kept pace with labor productivity, it would now be over $21 per hour. And if it had kept pace proportionately with CEO pay, it would be much higher than that.
The benefits of an increase in the minimum wage to low-wage workers are obvious. But here is an excellent article discussing the benefits to the economy as a whole: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capitalist-s-case-for-a-15-minimum-wage.
I hope you will join me in sponsoring this important legislation.
The $15 per hour figure is what would be required to lift minimum wage workers with families out of poverty. Keep in mind that if the minimum wage had kept pace with labor productivity, it would now be over $21 per hour. And if it had kept pace proportionately with CEO pay, it would be much higher than that.
The benefits of an increase in the minimum wage to low-wage workers are obvious. But here is an excellent article discussing the benefits to the economy as a whole: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capitalist-s-case-for-a-15-minimum-wage.
I hope you will join me in sponsoring this important legislation.
Legislation
Document - Introduced as SB 150
Minimum Wage
May 2, 2017 03:56 PM to All Senate Members
Circulated By
LEACH
Memo
In the near future I will introduce legislation which will raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to $15 per hour and permanently index it to inflation.
The $15 per hour figure is what would be required to lift minimum wage workers with families out of poverty. Keep in mind that if the minimum wage had kept pace with labor productivity, it would now be over $21 per hour. And if it had kept pace proportionately with CEO pay, it would be much higher than that.
The benefits of an increase in the minimum wage to low-wage workers are obvious. But here is an excellent article discussing the benefits to the economy as a whole: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capitalist-s-case-for-a-15-minimum-wage.
I hope you will join me in sponsoring this important legislation.
The $15 per hour figure is what would be required to lift minimum wage workers with families out of poverty. Keep in mind that if the minimum wage had kept pace with labor productivity, it would now be over $21 per hour. And if it had kept pace proportionately with CEO pay, it would be much higher than that.
The benefits of an increase in the minimum wage to low-wage workers are obvious. But here is an excellent article discussing the benefits to the economy as a whole: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-06-19/the-capitalist-s-case-for-a-15-minimum-wage.
I hope you will join me in sponsoring this important legislation.
Document
Introduced as SB 150
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