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HARRISBURG, June 23 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>State Rep. Josh Siegel released a statement on the passage of H.B. 1500 \u2013 a minimum wage bill \u2013 in the House this week:<\/p>\n \u201cFor the longest time, workers in Pennsylvania have felt disenfranchised because of their wages staying the same despite every state around them raising their minimum wage.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, my colleagues and I voted to get one step closer to making our workers feel heard with passage of H.B. 1500, a bill that would finally pay Pennsylvania workers a living wage. Now I urge my colleagues in the Senate to recognize workers like the House did and send this bill to the governor\u2019s desk.\u201d<\/p>\n This legislation would increase the minimum wage in Pennsylvania to:<\/p>\n There would be annual cost-of-living increases beginning in 2027. The bill also would set the minimum wage for tipped workers at 60 percent of the hourly minimum wage \u2013 which has been stuck at $2.83 per hour since the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0century.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HARRISBURG, June 23 \u2013\u00a0State Rep. Josh Siegel released a statement on the passage of H.B. 1500 \u2013 a minimum wage bill \u2013 in the House this week: \u201cFor the … Continue reading Siegel releases statement on the passage of minimum wage bill<\/span> \n
\nDeclan Shaffer
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