16 Years with Minimum Wage Falling Further Behind the Cost of Living

16 years with minimum wage falling further behind the cost of living

Raising the minimum wage is good for business as well as workers.

16 years: Minimum wage falling further behind cost of living

When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you are paid…

16 Years Without a Federal Minimum Wage Hike Is an Outrage

It’s long past time to fix this failure in our economy and in our politics.

Happy Pennsylvania Day! Here's why the Keystone State is worth celebrating.

Sunday is National Pennsylvania Day, the perfect time to highlight some of the things that make the commonwealth such a great place to call home. Pennsylvania is hardly perfect. The minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.  Recreational marijuana remains a pipe dream here despite every neighboring state except West Virginia legalizing it. And don’t get us started on the potholes and incessant road construction. That said, Pennsylvania is…

Is Australia's cost of living crisis really becoming a 'thing of the past'?

Inflation continues to cool and people are saving more — but there's debate over just how much relief Australians are feeling.

Holly Sklar: 16 years with minimum wage falling further behind cost of living

When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you are paid…