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.
