Alex Bernstein: Raise minimum wage to build a better future
Everyone in Pennsylvania, from here in Pittsburgh to Erie, Scranton, Philly and everywhere in between deserves to earn a fair wage. But right now, ...
Everyone in Pennsylvania, from here in Pittsburgh to Erie, Scranton, Philly and everywhere in between deserves to earn a fair wage. But right now, thousands of Pennsylvanians are struggling to stay afloat, trying to navigate the cost of living crisis on a minimum wage of $7.25/hour — unchanged for nearly 15 years — because an archaic system called preemption doesn't allow cities like Pittsburgh to set a local minimum wage that supports working families. Now that Democrats retained the majority in the primary election, it is time for them to prioritize empowering our locally elected leaders to pass local minimum wage laws here in Pittsburgh and in cities and counties across the state.