PRINTER'S NO. 917

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 39 Session of 1989

        INTRODUCED BY TRICH, ITKIN, COLAIZZO, TIGUE, RICHARDSON,
           KUKOVICH, SCRIMENTI, PRESSMANN, LETTERMAN, COWELL, KOSINSKI,
           RITTER, PISTELLA, STABACK, COY, TRELLO, BUNT, JOSEPHS,
           BELARDI, RYBAK, BELFANTI, MELIO, KASUNIC, OLASZ, PETRONE,
           LAUGHLIN, MORRIS, WOZNIAK, GIGLIOTTI, CARN AND McHALE,
           MARCH 14, 1989

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 14, 1989

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Memorializing the Congress of the United States to enact
     2     legislation increasing the Federal minimum wage.

     3     WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States, in an effort to
     4  provide a fair day's pay for a fair day's work, enacted
     5  legislation in 1938 which established a Federal minimum wage;
     6  and
     7     WHEREAS, In the eight years that have passed since the last
     8  increase in the Federal minimum wage, inflation, rising prices,
     9  the Federal deficit and other factors have eroded the purchasing
    10  power of a minimum wage earner by at least 27%; and
    11     WHEREAS, The current minimum wage of less than $7,000 per
    12  year is less than the Federal poverty level for a family of
    13  four; and
    14     WHEREAS, Because of the complex interstate economic
    15  structures, most states which desire to raise state minimum wage
    16  levels would be concerned that it might adversely affect the

     1  economic well-being of businesses and industries within their
     2  borders, regardless of justifiability; and
     3     WHEREAS, It is the sincere belief that the true
     4  responsibility for the enactment of such critical legislation,
     5  dealing with the nation's labor force as a whole, rests with
     6  Congress; therefore be it
     7     RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
     8  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of the
     9  United States to expeditiously enact legislation increasing the
    10  Federal minimum wage; and be it further
    11     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
    12  the presiding officers of each house of Congress and to each
    13  member of Congress from Pennsylvania; and be it further
    14     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the
    15  leadership of other state legislatures in an effort to gain
    16  approval of similar resolutions in support of placing
    17  responsibility for increasing minimum wage levels on the
    18  Congress of the United States.








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