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.
My state has the minimum wage set at the federal minimum wage (7.25/hr) which is not livable in any area of the state.
They even passed laws so our mostly Democratic-leaning urban city can’t raise the minimum wage past the state minimum wage. The cost of living in that city is higher than my local area, where you can’t find a 1br apartment for less than $900/month
The federal wage has to be raised federally or red states will never do it.