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House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted:	June 16, 2020 09:56 AM
From:	Representative G. Roni Green
To:	All House members
Subject:	Raising the Minimum Wage

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.

Introduced as HB2721

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