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Democrats are introducing the Raise the Wage Act, which would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025.
An increase to the minimum wage is also part of Biden s stimulus, but Democrats want to make sure it gets done.
Sen. Bernie Sanders says they ll try and pass a raise through budget reconciliation or a senate majority vote.
New year minimum wage hikes will boost consumer spending, leaders say dundalkeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dundalkeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
These 20 states are raising their minimum wage on Jan. 1 Ben Werschkul
While the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has hit poor Americans the hardest, minimum wage earners in 20 U.S. states will get raises at the start of the new year. Four more states, plus Washington, DC, will raise their minimum wages later in 2021.
Florida’s workers will get one of the biggest raises, after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure in November to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 by 2026. The lowest-earning workers there earn $8.56 per hour and will move up to $8.65 on Jan. 1 and then $10 on Sept. 30.
Even without state mandates like Florida’s, some businesses have increased wages on their own, including Florida-based Lakewood Juices, which boosted the wage for its lowest earners to $15 four years ago. That boost “improves our own workers’ productivity,” according to Lakewood CEO Scott Fuhrman, who’s part of a national network called Business for a Fair