Executive Summary Since the spread of COVID-19 accelerated in mid-March of this year, the sharp decline in U.S. economic...
read morePennsylvania’s legislative majority failed to raise our minimum wage in 2019, rejecting House and Senate legislation to get to...
read moreHARRISBURG—Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, made the following statement following Governor Tom Wolf’s announcement of...
read moreRaising the minimum wage is not a hand-out to low-wage workers. It’s part of an effort to change the...
read moreBut, in our advocacy to raise the minimum wage over the past few years, we’ve heard a number of...
read moreIn what follows we review estimates published by the Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) of the number of workers affected,...
read more“This fight for $15 is about more than money, it’s about being able to live.” — Reverend Dr. William...
read moreINCREASED INCOME FROM RAISING MINIMUM WAGE IS GREATER, AND IN MOST CASES, FAR GREATER THAN THE LOSS IN BENEFITS...
read moreHARRISBURG—Marc Stier, director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement in regards to yesterday’s Congressional...
read moreIntroduction Raising the minimum wage is one of the most important steps that Pennsylvania can take to fix a...
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