Raise the Minimum Wage

Elanna Cahn — July 31, 2014 – 12:15 pm | Women's Leadership Network | Congress | Domestic Policy | Economy | Republicans | Women's Issues Comments (0) Add a comment

Earlier this term, Senate Republicans blocked bill S.2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, from being heard on the chamber floor. The bill would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour.  This would benefit more than 28 million workers and provide a beneficial boost to the nation’s economy.  The federal minimum wage has not been raised in five years, and is far too low to sustain working families.  In inflation-adjusted terms, today’s minimum wage is more than 30% lower than it was in 1968.  On April 30, the Senate held a cloture vote to move debate forward on the Minimum Wage Fairness Act, a motion that requires 60 votes in favor to succeed.  By a 54-42 vote, which fell largely along party lines, the motion failed and Senate Republicans prevented this important legislation from being heard.

NJDC & the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) will continue to advocate for a raise to the minimum wage—in the states and federally. 

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