This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would make the national minimum wage $15 an hour for nearly all American workers by 2024, reports CNN. The bill, which is expected to pass in the House of Representatives, would then have to make it through the Senate and be signed by the President.
The introduction of the bill created a “snowball” effect, says Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, as cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and New York City started raising the minimum wage to $15. "And then employers started raising the wage — all these people we didn't expect,” says Henry, “It became natural to think about, why not try to do it at the federal level?" Full Story
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