NC Dems push again to raise minimum wage

Raleigh, New Jersey - The State Council and the Senate Democratic Party are trying to convince Republican leaders to consider raising the minimum wage of the people this year despite similar success over the past five years.

They talked on Tuesday at a press conference called Raising Wages NC. It consisted of workers' groups and supporters of minorities and low-income workers.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, 29 states and the District of Columbia raised the minimum wage of 7.25 dollars per hour set in 2009 to the Federal government floor. North Carolina has not done yet

The organization urged the state legislators to consider increasing the state salary to $ 12 per hour by 2020 and $ 15 per hour by 2022.

According to supporters, 3 million North Carolina - about one third of state workforce - works for minimum wage. 92% is adult. 62% of full time job. More than half are women, more than half are non white people

People who criticize this view say that raising the minimum wage will reduce employment and control economic growth by raising prices and living expenses. Supporters say there is no evidence to suggest this in many places where pay increases were made. Instead, they say that it is good for business as it pours more money into the economy, stimulating demand and creating jobs.

Jeremiah Jaynes, Minimum Wage Worker from Waynesville, spoke on this event and valued the strict evaluation of life at $ 7.25 per hour.

"America's dream is not just what I can not touch, it's already dead," Jane said. "Everyone who I know is in the same position, everyone is working, I do not make a living by working hard, I can not live in a place my family inherited from generations."

Mary McMillan's AFL-CIO Chairman said that $ 7.25 is the wage of the poor, workers with dependents work for 52 hours a week for 40 hours a week, still below the federal poverty line I pointed out.

"Everyone working full-time should not live in poverty, but unfortunately more than half of the work created since the end of the 21st century pays the poor," McMillan said. Workers earn less than $ 15 per hour. "

Rep. D - Buncombe admitted that Republican leaders are unlikely to consider this proposal this year. But she said that "keep talking" is important.

"People who work in this state can not wait, they live on a minimum day every day," Fisher said. "I recommend that the leadership of the General Assembly can not wait unacceptably."

Labor party organizations are working hard to raise the federal minimum wage to 15 dollars per hour. There is little detail on whether Alexander Acosta 's Minister of Labor advocates raising minimum wage. The view of the playing card on this subject has changed. He said he should not raise the minimum wage and "You should not know how people buy the minimum wage for $ 7.25 an hour in an hour." Several states and municipalities are at or near the $ 15 level.

Whenever a city or state discusses raising the minimum wage, both business and conservative legislators take a series of three threats. They believe that higher minimum wages will hinder employment opportunities. They insist that wages suffer companies. They insist that prices will rise sharply. (Below is a survey of EPI before raising wages in Seattle, most companies predict all three.) This is the three main issues on raising wages.

When Seattle started running a minimum wage of $ 15, the city hired a team of economists at the University of Washington and analyzed the impact of wages on cities. Since then, the results of the study of Seattle's Minimum Wage Study Group have been largely forward-looking. In 2016, they discovered that Seattle 's wage increased, employment of the city' s low - employment increased, and time worked. They reported at the beginning of this year that the impact of wage increases on restaurant hiring was "near zero." This week, Seattle's Minimum Wage Research Group's Seattle minimum wage research group announced a report that the price of restaurants and grocery stores did not rise due to the minimum wage.

Minimum wage, poverty According to the US Department of Labor, "Federal minimum wage is $ 7.25 per hour" ("Wages and working hours section"). Some people think that the solution to this problem is to raise the minimum wage but this will eventually have a negative impact on the US economy, businesses and people. The two groups, enterprises and workers, are directly affected by changes in minimum wages. People who agree to increase minimum wage claim