Posted on December 21, 2006

The Minimum Wage Is Going Up!

On January 1, 2007 the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage will be increased to $6.25.  (It goes up to $7.15 on July 1, 2007.)

Join the Raise the Minimum Wage Coalition at a RALLY To Mark the First Increase in the Minimum Wage in 10 years Gallery Mall 10th and Market Sts. Thursday December 28 12 Noon Speakers will include Governor Edward Rendell, Philadelphia AFL-CIO president Pat Eiding, Reverend Randy Barge of Calvin Presbyterian Church, PUP Director John Dodds, low wage worker Kevin Spicer and others.

 

Speakers will include elected officials, labor, religious and community leaders and low wage workers.

We want to make sure that all low wage workers and their employers know that the minimum wage goes up Jan. 1.

Call PUP at 215-557-0822 if you do not get $6.25/hour starting on Jan. 1.

Download Rally Flyer (pdf) | Download Press Advisory | Mimimum Wage Law Update (pdf)

Raise the Minimum Wage Coalition c/o Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP)
1201 Chestnut St. Phila., PA 19107 215-557-0822        

 

 

 

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