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House Democrats Push Minimum Wage Hike
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/07/house-democrats-push-raising-minimum-wage/Among states, Texas has the highest number of minimum wage workers, with 223,000 people making $7.25 an hour in 2013. Citing a report by the liberal Center for Public Policy Priorities, Martinez Fischer told the committee that one in four workers — or 2.4 million Texans — would get a raise under the minimum wage proposals.
[font size = 4]Texas Advocacy Group Calls For Minimum Wage Hike To $10.10 An Hour[/font size = 4]
http://keranews.org/post/texas-advocacy-group-calls-minimum-wage-hike-1010-hour
The study by the CPPP shows more than a quarter of Texas workers would get a raise if the minimum wage jumped to $10.10. And Groves says most of those employees are the core of the workforce.
“Sixty percent of those who would benefit from a minimum wage increase are in their prime working years, that’s 25 to 64, when they should be saving for college, investing in retirement,” he says. “They’re not able to do so on a minimum wage salary.”
The study also calculated what it calls a “living wage” in major Texas cities. In Dallas/Fort Worth, a single adult needs to make $13.84 an hour to cover food, housing, healthcare and transportation. That’s the equivalent of almost two jobs at the current minimum wage.
“Sixty percent of those who would benefit from a minimum wage increase are in their prime working years, that’s 25 to 64, when they should be saving for college, investing in retirement,” he says. “They’re not able to do so on a minimum wage salary.”
The study also calculated what it calls a “living wage” in major Texas cities. In Dallas/Fort Worth, a single adult needs to make $13.84 an hour to cover food, housing, healthcare and transportation. That’s the equivalent of almost two jobs at the current minimum wage.
