US EditionPa. business owner pushes for federal minimum wage hike
- Andrea Grove, a Harrisburg business owner, endorses the Raise the Wage Act introduced on April 8, 2025, which seeks to increase the national minimum pay rate to $17 per hour by the year 2030.
- The federal minimum wage has not increased since 2009, and in 2025 it pays less than the poverty threshold, leaving millions in economic hardship.
- The Raise the Wage Act would raise wages for over 22 million workers, including 4.2 million living below poverty, aiming to reduce poverty and boost earnings.
- Grove stated an analysis shows this increase would affect one million Pennsylvania workers and more than 22 million nationwide to promote bigger paychecks.
- If enacted, the act could improve economic security for low-wage workers despite opposing Medicaid cuts and political resistance from some Republicans.
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Americans who work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, at the federal minimum wage no longer make enough money to keep themselves out of poverty.For workers in the 20 states that have not passed their own higher minimum wage, working full-time at $7.25 brings in $15,080 per year, short of the poverty line of $15,650 for a single-person household, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).The federal minimum wage has lost 30%…
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