A report released today by Policy Matters Ohio shows that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would benefit 1.56 million Ohioans; help move Black and brown workers and women closer to pay equality with white men; and inject $6.1 billion a year more into Ohio’s economy. Watch a recording of the press call here.
The Policy Matters report models the impact of raising Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 and eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped workers. The schedule is based on the Florida law that voters there approved in November.
“Everyone deserves a fair return for the work that they do,” Policy Matters Researcher Michael Shields said. “Ohioans have gotten better at their jobs over the last five decades. Right before COVID-19, they were producing 88% more wealth each year than their counterparts did in 1968. Raising Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 would ensure that everyone shares in the prosperity their work helps create.”
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The Delaware State House in Dover. (Tom Byrne/Delaware Public Media)
A coalition of business groups and politicians spoke Monday during a virtual event in favor of a $15 minimum wage in Delaware.
Legislation introduced by Sen. Jack Walsh would gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
Delaware is one of 30 states that sets its own minimum wage above the federal standard. The wage increased from $8.25 in 2015 to $9.25 in 2020. However, many efforts to increase the state’s minimum wage over the years have struggled.
“Someone who puts in a hard day’s work deserves to earn enough to keep a roof over their head and food on the table. Frankly, they deserve what previous generations of low-wage earners have had a living wage,” Walsh said during the event.
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Raising the minimum wage is good business | Opinion
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
By Michael O’Connor
I’m a small business owner, and I strongly support raising the minimum wage to $15. Paying employees wages they can live on is good business.
I own La Barberia, a full-service barbershop with locations in Philadelphia and Jenkintown. I know that if my employees aren’t happy, my customers won’t be happy.
It’s very important for us to have a stable staff without a lot of turnover. Customers count on seeing “their barber” when they come in. We don’t want barbers leaving to make 50 cents or $1 an hour more elsewhere.