Daily News | Lawmakers and workers rights groups want state officials to let Philly set its own minimum wage
A coalition of low-wage workers, elected officials, workers rights groups and civic organizations urged state politicians Tuesday to both raise the statewide minimum wage and allow municipalities to set their own wage floors.to pass legislation raising the statewide hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.
Philadelphia activists and local elected officials have been asking for a $15 an hour minimum wage for more than a decade. The state has had the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour since 2009.Activists also took their pleas a step further Tuesday, urging lawmakers in Harrisburg to end preemption, the law that prevents Philadelphia and other municipalities from setting local laws already addressed by state legislation.
“It is absolutely a moral imperative that our local communities have control over the ability to adjust the wage based on their economic conditions,” said Bishop Dwayne Royster, executive director of POWER. Kate Flessner, spokesperson for the Senate Republican Caucus, said Tuesday that the GOP is focused on “implementing policies that will create maximum wage jobs.State Sen. Daniel Laughlin , who chairs the Senate Majority Policy Committee, announced in April that
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