13 April 2006
04.12.06 PA: Philadelphia Business Journal: Pa. should follow other states on minimum wage, legislator says - 2006-04-12
by aflciopolitical
The House approve the measure April 5 -- which would push the states's wage to $6.25 per hour on July 1 and to $7.15 per hour on July 1, 2007 -- April 5. Cohen urged the state Senate to act soon on the measure, which Gov. Ed Rendell has pledged to support
11 April 2006
04.11.06 PA/WV: Minimum Wage Developments in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
by aflciopolitical
In Pennsylvania , House Bill (HB) 257, which would increase the minimum wage in two phases, was approved by the state's House on April 5. It would raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $5.15 to $6.25 on July 1, 2006 and to $7.15 on July 1, 2007
06 April 2006
04.06.06 PA: House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage The $2 hike would bring the rate to $7.15 an hour by July 2007. The Senate backs a smaller pay increase. By Martha Raffaele Associated Press HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's minimum wage would rise $2 an hour by July 1, 2007
27 March 2006
03.27.06 PA: Halfway on wage is not enough
by aflciopolitical
As we wrote in January, a full-time worker making the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, unchanged since 1997, earns $206 per 40-hour week and $10,712 per year. Those who support a child, a spouse or a parent while on minimum wage fall more than $2
22 March 2006
03.21.06 PA: Minimum-wage bill likely to pass in Pa.
by aflciopolitical
But the increase will be about half what Rendell proposed, going to $6.25. Will he approve it? By Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG - The GOP-controlled legislature appears likely to approve legislation to raise the minimum wage this year, but the inc
20 March 2006
03.17.06 PA: Lawmakers appear ready to raise minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
HARRISBURG | The state Legislature appears willing to act on boosting the minimum wage by more than a dollar to $6.25 an hour. That's less than the $7.15 sought by Gov. Ed Rendell and his Democratic colleagues, but more than many thought the Republica
03 March 2006
PA: Group Rallies for Increase in Base Wage
by aflciopolitical
Protesters calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s $5.15-an-hour minimum wage rallied outside state Sen. David J. Brightbill’s Lebanon office yesterday, accusing Brightbill, the majority leader, of having reneged on a promise to get the Senate to vo
02 March 2006
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO - Coalition Calls for Increase in Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage to $7.15 by 2007
by aflciopolitical
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George joined Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, State Legislators and the members of the “Raise the Minimum Wage Coalition” in calling for an immediate increase in the state’s minimum wage to $6
27 February 2006
Pocono Record - Minimum wage should be a living wage
by aflciopolitical
February 26, 2006 Editor, the Record: I just read the Feb. 17 letter to the editor about the minimum wage and why the government should not raise it. I wonder if the writer has ever had to live on that minimum wage.
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