Following the release of the new consumer price index numbers from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, lawmakers behind the new coalition Raise Up NY are demanding strong action in Albany to raise the minimum wage across the state and adjust it automatically in the future so it doesn’t fall behind again.
With inflation numbers reaching 8.3% in April of this year, the group of workers, small business owners and economic experts who are also affiliated with Raise Up NY are urging immediate action during this current legislative session to ensure that the wage floor doesn’t fall behind again.
The index in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area rose 0.9% in April, with the indexes for food and energy rising 1.5% and 1.2% respectively and the index for food at home rising 1.8% with with all six grocery categories recording higher increases. Among the groceries with higher April prices in the New York area were citrus fruits, eggs, and milk.
“The combination of a stagnant minimum wage and rising costs is putting New York’s underpaid workers, many of whom are Black and brown and have been shoehorned into bad jobs by corporate employers, on the brink of financial ruin,” said Rebecca Dixon, executive director of the National Employment Law Project in a statement released May 11. “In New York City, the minimum wage is now lower than in Denver. Inaction will only lead to more pain and heartache, exacerbating challenges we’ve become all too familiar with: families that can’t afford...
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