January 21st, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Low-wage workers in Pennsylvania are missing out on pay hikes seen in twenty-three other states. Neighboring states such as Ohio are starting the New Year with higher minimum wages. Gillian Kratzer from Better Pennsylvania says House Democrats are concerned about raising the minimum wage, which has been $7.25 per hour since 2009. She adds that a better economy requires people to have money to spend…

   

"When you are living not just at minimum wage but even within some distance above it, you do not have money to spend, you are living paycheck to paycheck. Last year in the Pennsylvania budget, Democrats, along with Gov. Shapiro, pushed very hard to pass a budget that would help people in Pennsylvania."