This is alarming, Ralph:
A single mother working full time does not earn enough on the minimum wage to keep her family out of poverty.
Let me be clear: When adults working full time cannot support their families, it’s long past time to raise the minimum wage.
Every year, the costs for food, transportation and childcare climb – but the minimum wage for American workers has been $7.25 since 2009. That means hardworking families are struggling daily to make ends meet, but each year the chips are stacked higher and higher against them.
Today, my colleagues and I are signing on to cosponsor the Raise the Wage Act – pushing for a $12 minimum wage by 2020. I urge you and citizens everywhere to join us by supporting this raise for 38 million workers in New Hampshire and across the country.
Click here to add your name and become a citizen cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act!
Minimum wage workers are parents to 34,000 children in the Granite State. They are the 4,500 New Hampshire veterans who returned home from serving our country, only to earn $7.25 per hour. They are 38 million hardworking Americans across the country.
We have to give every American worker a fair shot at success, and that starts with raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020. You have the chance today to bring your voice to Congress by signing on to be a citizen cosponsor of the Raise the Wage Act. I hope you’ll join us today:
Thank you,
Jeanne