13 April 2006
04.12.06 PA: Philadelphia Business Journal: Pa. should follow other states on minimum wage, legislator says - 2006-04-12
The House approve the measure April 5 -- which would push the states's wage to $6.25 per hour on July 1 and to $7.15 per hour on July 1, 2007 -- April 5. Cohen urged the state Senate to act soon on the measure, which Gov. Ed Rendell has pledged to support
11 April 2006
04.11.06 PA/WV: Minimum Wage Developments in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
In Pennsylvania , House Bill (HB) 257, which would increase the minimum wage in two phases, was approved by the state's House on April 5. It would raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $5.15 to $6.25 on July 1, 2006 and to $7.15 on July 1, 2007
10 April 2006
Working Families and Community Allies in Pittsburgh Launch 'Fair Share Health Care' Bill at AFL-CIO Convention: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
PITTSBURGH, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care costs and the number of uninsured working people continue to soar, large, profitable companies like Wal-Mart exacerbate the health care crisis in Pennsylvania by shirking their health care responsibilitie
06 April 2006
04.04.06 PA: Reps Manderino and Taylor introduce "fair share" health care bill
Taylor and Manderino Announce PA Health Care Accessibility and Insurance Responsibility (PHAIR) Act Rep. John Taylor (R-Philadelphia) and Rep. Kathy Manderino (D-Philadelphia) announced legislation to ensure that working Pennsylvanians employed by larg
04.03.06 PA: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Expected To Introduce 'Wal-Mart' Bill Next Week
Pennsylvania state Reps. Kathy Manderino (D) and John Taylor (R) next week are expected to introduce a "fair-share health care bill," modeled after Maryland's law, that would require large employers to spend a certain amount of payroll on health benefits,
04.06.06 PA: House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage
House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage The $2 hike would bring the rate to $7.15 an hour by July 2007. The Senate backs a smaller pay increase. By Martha Raffaele Associated Press HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's minimum wage would rise $2 an hour by July 1, 2007
29 March 2006
03.27.06 PA: Pa. proposal targets Wal-Mart
Unions and big business are expected to battle over whether the state can tell large employers how much money they should spend on health care insurance for their workers. A so-called "fair-share health care bill" is expected to be introduced in the state
27 March 2006
03.27.06 PA: Halfway on wage is not enough
As we wrote in January, a full-time worker making the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, unchanged since 1997, earns $206 per 40-hour week and $10,712 per year. Those who support a child, a spouse or a parent while on minimum wage fall more than $2
22 March 2006
03.21.06 PA: Minimum-wage bill likely to pass in Pa.
But the increase will be about half what Rendell proposed, going to $6.25. Will he approve it? By Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG - The GOP-controlled legislature appears likely to approve legislation to raise the minimum wage this year, but the inc
20 March 2006
03.17.06 PA: Lawmakers appear ready to raise minimum wage
HARRISBURG | The state Legislature appears willing to act on boosting the minimum wage by more than a dollar to $6.25 an hour. That's less than the $7.15 sought by Gov. Ed Rendell and his Democratic colleagues, but more than many thought the Republica
08 March 2006
Wal-Mart, other large employers need to pay their fair share of health-care costs : The Morning Call Online
March 6, 2006 Editorial in favor of fair share
03 March 2006
PA: Group Rallies for Increase in Base Wage
Protesters calling for an increase in Pennsylvania’s $5.15-an-hour minimum wage rallied outside state Sen. David J. Brightbill’s Lebanon office yesterday, accusing Brightbill, the majority leader, of having reneged on a promise to get the Senate to vo
02 March 2006
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO - Coalition Calls for Increase in Pennsylvania's Minimum Wage to $7.15 by 2007
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George joined Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll, State Legislators and the members of the “Raise the Minimum Wage Coalition” in calling for an immediate increase in the state’s minimum wage to $6
AP Wire | 03/02/2006 | Report: 1 of every 6 Wal-Mart employees in Pa. is on Medicaid
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Almost one in six Wal-Mart employees in Pennsylvania was enrolled in the state's health care program for the poor and disabled last year, a newspaper reported Thursday.
Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/02/2006 | Many Wal-Mart workers use Medicaid
About one in six of Wal-Mart's 48,000 employees are enrolled in the Medicaid insurance program, at a total cost to the state of more than $15 million a year, according to state data...
27 February 2006
Pocono Record - Minimum wage should be a living wage
February 26, 2006 Editor, the Record: I just read the Feb. 17 letter to the editor about the minimum wage and why the government should not raise it. I wonder if the writer has ever had to live on that minimum wage.
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