Labor unions have always been a driving force behind every minimum wage increase in Massachusetts and across the US. Let’s continue to honor Labor Day by acknowledging recent gains and continuing the fight for fair wages.
We’ve been proud to fight alongside labor for a fair and just economy in coalitions like Raise Up Massachusetts, and we’ve had some big victories, such as winning a $15 minimum wage and paid family and medical leave.
From 2013 to 2018, RUM worked to bring the statewide minimum wage closer to a minimum wage, and given the stagnation of the federal minimum wage, that $15 is something to be proud of. But it’s still not a living wage.
And given the rising costs of health care, housing, child care, and basic goods, it doesn’t stretch as far as it did in June of 2018.
That’s why it’s time to raise the minimum wage again.
New legislation, filed earlier this year by Sen. Jason Lewis and Reps. Tram Nguyen and Dan Donahue would raise the minimum wage to $20 and index it to inflation so that it doesn’t lose value over time.
Can you write to your state legislators in support of raising the minimum wage?
