Daily News | Gov. Shapiro wants to raise Pa.’s minimum wage to $15. Will a changing Harrisburg make it happen?
Gov. Josh Shapiro urged lawmakers Tuesday in his budget address to more than double the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in order to address a national worker shortage.
Pennsylvania is one of 20 states where the minimum wages is no higher than the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour, which was set in 2009. Every state that borders Pennsylvania has already raised the minimum wage. For just under 1 million people who made less than $15 per hour last year, Shapiro’s proposal would mean an increase in pay.Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s minimum wage workers last year were in the food and drink industry, the Pa. Labor Department’s report said.
Support staff currently make less than $15 per hour at many Pennsylvania schools, said Chris Lilienthal, assistant director of communications for the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Some small businesses have already been moving toward the $15 mark because of pressure in the hiring market or because of “ethical [and] social pressure,” Kraus added, sometimes forgoing profits to do so. “They’re doing what is right in their mind, but it’s putting a pressure on the business,” he said.to $15 per hour, arguing that it will harm small business and ultimately result in jobs being eliminated.
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