Twenty-five states have minimum wage increases set to go into effect in 2022, the governor noted. Pennsylvania's minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2006.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday urged Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly to address Pennsylvania's minimum wage, which has stood at $7.25 per hour for more than a decade.
In a press release issued Tuesday, Wolf called the commonwealth's current minimum wage "embarrassingly low" and pointed out that 25 states have minimum wage increases set to go into effect in 2022.
He called on the General Assembly to pass legislation to increase the commonwealth's minimum wage to $12 per hour.
“Pennsylvania’s food service, retail and social services workers have deserved a minimum wage hike for many years, but today the need is even more urgent," Wolf said. "Millions of Pennsylvanians – many of them the frontline workers we called heroes in the early days of the pandemic – are struggling to support their families on hourly wages under $15.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global economy, and we see that reflected in a very reasonable reluctance of workers to take low-wage jobs in the midst of rising inflation.
“Parents with young children literally cannot afford to work these jobs if the cost of child care eclipses their paycheck. I’m urging the General Assembly to pass legislation that increases Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $12 an hour and creates a pathway to $15.”
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