DIGNITY AGENDA
ECONOMIC FAIRNESS
We are in Last Place
We have the lowest minimum wage in the nation at $7.25. New York State is $15.00, and New Jersey is $15.13. For far too long, PA has been in last place. The hardworking people of Pennsylvania deserve a raise. It is time to lift people out of poverty.
From Hopelessness to a Renewed Sense of Dignity
Mrs. Alfreda Parker is a longtime Mt. Airy resident. Alfreda and her husband worked to make a comfortable life for themselves. In 2019, Alfreda’s life changed when she lost her husband. Her life was upended further by the COVID-19 Pandemic, when she lost her. As Alfreda described it, “Being out of work for quite some time, the situation had begun to feel sort of hopeless. I had to decide which bills will get paid, which ones won’t, and figure out how I am going to eat.”
Mrs. Parker reluctantly traveled through the heavy rain to attend our first Raise Your Pay Community Meeting. My office followed up with her shortly after the community meeting. Within a few weeks, Mrs. Parker secured a job with a local hospital. This job will double her income and allow her to live with a greater sense of dignity.
Raise Your Pay & improve your quality of life!
Thus far our Raise Your Pay Initiative has recruited eight individuals, with seven additional neighbors expressing interest in joining the program. Participants come from varied backgrounds – working mothers, immigrants, returning citizens – and each person is committed to achieving higher paid work for themselves and their families.
Fair Taxes for PA
My Tax Justice legislation would establish a Fair Share Tax Plan which will:
- Enact fair tax rates on Pennsylvania’s top wealth earners.
- Lower taxes of employee wages.
Over 80% of Pennsylvanians would see lower or no changes to their taxes.
It’s time for Economic Fairness for PA!
Together we can build Economic Fairness that combats the extreme economic inequality.
Become an Economic Fairness and Wage Advocate!
Haywood Working for ECONOMIC FAIRNESS
Sen. Haywood Remarks on Minimum Wage
Push for minimum wage hike gets another boost – WITF
(Harrisburg) -- The state faces an estimated budget deficit of between $1.5 and $2 billion. Lawmakers will only have 30 days to meet the budget deadline when they return from their spring recess June first. But some are pushing their pet issues now. Discussions around...
Haywood continues push to raise Pa. minimum wage to $10.10 – Newsworks/WHYY
Last week, Los Angeles City Council voted to raise the minimum wage in that city to $15 by 2020. In Pennsylvania, lawmakers are trying to increase what businesses are required to pay their workers from the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour to $10.10. Discussions around...
Haywood, Boyle support minimum wage increase – The Midweek Wire
Sen. Art Haywood joined U.S. Rep Boyle at a news conference at the Inter-Faith Food Cupboard to support an increase in the minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour. The lawmakers were accompanied by activists, business owners and community leaders in Montgomery County....
Boyle, Haywood hold press conference at Abington food cupboard to voice support for minimum wage increase – Glenside News & Globe News & Times Chronicle
Out of that estimated number, Haywood added that Pennsylvania foots approximately $1 billion of that bill. Those opposed to a minimum wage hike argue that it would put a financial strain on companies that would lead to an increase in job cuts in order to save money....
Boyle and Haywood Push Minimum Wage Hike at Food Cupboard – Citizens’ Call
Brendan Boyle patrols the Congressional corridors in Washington and Art Haywood works the legislative byways in Harrisburg, miles apart, in more ways than one. But the two Democrats came together on Wednesday at an Abington food pantry to talk about the prospects for...