The federal minimum wage would rise to $15 per hour, with annual cost-of-living increases based on inflation, in a proposed bipartisan measure.
June 10 The federal minimum wage would rise to $15 per hour, with annual cost-of-living increases based on inflation, in a proposed bipartisan measure.
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., co-sponsored the bill that they have named the « Higher Wages for American Workers Act » and would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 per hour for non-exempt workers.
« For decades, working Americans have seen their wages flatline », Hawley said on Tuesday in a joint press release with Welch.
« One major culprit of this is the failure of the federal minimum wage to keep up with the economic reality facing hardworking Americans every day », Hawley added.
