Recent Issues
Wolf’s Wage Hike: Big Promises, Bigger Fallout
Gov. Wolf is requiring an increase in the minimum wage for state workers and contractors from $7.25 per hour to $10.15 per hour. While mandated minimum wage increases come with big promises, they carry bigger—and far less glowing—consequences.
Read More >Minimum Wage Backers Leave Young Minorities Behind
Today, Big Labor-backed groups will rally to raise Pennsylvania’s mandated minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. This comes on the heels of Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter announcing his plan to raise the city’s minimum wage via executive order. Unfortunately, raising the minimum wage has the unintended effect of putting young workers, especially minorities, out of work.
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The Harmful Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase
In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama proposed increasing the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour. Although it sounds beneficial to low-wage workers, minimum wage hikes fail to reduce poverty and result in fewer jobs. Instead of increasing costs for employers, lawmakers should focus on expanding job opportunities through pro-growth policies, thereby raising wages for all.
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Recent Blog Posts
How Pennsylvania Is Progressing in the Race to Rebuild
The 2021 state budget includes some policy changes to spur recovery and better governance, but much more needs to occur.
Wolf's Wage Mandates Undermine Workers
Governor Wolf's new overtime pay rules and his sixth minimum wage proposal is a one-two punch that could send our economy reeling.
Wolf's Wage Mandate will Harm Workers
Fewer jobs, reduced hours, cuts to take home pay. That’s what Pennsylvanians are facing now that Gov. Wolf’s overtime wage mandates are moving forward.