To End 'New Gilded Age,' House Progressives Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $25 Per Hour | Common Dreams
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​"We need an economy that reflects the realities of 2026, not one stuck over a decade ago," said the newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejía, who helped lead the campaign to raise wages in her home state of New Jersey.

A pair of progressive Democrats unveiled a bill on Tuesday that would raise the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour, considered the bare minimum a single adult needs to meet the cost of living in much of the US.

The Living Wage For All Act is the first bill to be introduced by the newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejía (D-NJ), who won a special election earlier this month after helping to lead the fight for a $15 minimum wage in her home state of New Jersey.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Can’t wait to hear all the people complaining about this because they’re already making $25 an hour.

    Sort of the joke with these bills.

    You live in a neighborhood where $30/hr is the functioning poverty line, due to rent and utilities prices skyrocketing. Inflation makes a mockery of a five year phase in for a modern minimum wage.

    Why not simply tie wages to inflation off the bat? Or straight up public employment doing work the private sector no longer cares about?

    I suspect Mamdani’s public run grocery store will end up paying more than $25/hr in wages by the time it goes live - two years before this wage bump comes into effect