Now, at $7.15 per hour, the state minimum wage is lower than the federal minimum.
Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, recently re-appointed as Democratic chair of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee, says she planning to use her position to push for a new hike to help struggling families.
In 2006 the state legislature passed a minimum wage adjustment bumping it up in increments from $5.15 to its current rate, which is ten cents below the current federal minimum. (All Pennsylvania employers must pay the federal minimum.)
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