Higher wages for workers mean that they and their families will be spending more in their communities, boosting the local economy and helping pennsylvania businesses. “people working hard should be able to afford the necessities of life,” dawkins said. · the state house voted along party lines wednesday to raise the minimum wage to $15 for most pennsylvanians , and to $12 for those working in smaller, rural counties. · under the house bill, pennsylvania ’s biggest county, philadelphia, would see its minimum wage immediately jump to $15 an hour on jan. A minimum wage of $15 per hour would put money in the pockets of working families and boost the overall economy. If the minimum wage is raised to $15 per hour by 2026, more than 21% of pa workers—l. 35 million people— will see their incomes grow. A bill to increase the hourly minimum wage from $7. 25 to $15 in pennsylvania ’s most populous counties beginning 2026 has passed the general assembly. The bill provides other, lesser increases in the state’s smaller counties. · increasing the minimum wage would give these workers – and others – a much-needed lift at a time when inflation and the cost-of-living continues to increase and put pressure on families. Pennsylvania ’ s neighboring states all have higher base pay rates, and several of them are more than double what’s guaranteed to workers in the commonwealth.

📖 Continue Reading: