'The overwhelming majority of Americans support raising the minimum wage to a living wage,' said SenSanders.
While some lawmakers are sure to balk at the idea of more than doubling the federal minimum wage, areleased this week showed that counties that have enacted large minimum wage increases have seen higher employment, higher earnings for workers, and lower inequality.
As Congress has failed to act, many states, cities, and counties across the U.S. have raised their minimum wages substantially, with progress continuing this year. According to a recentby the National Employment Law Project, a record 86 U.S. jurisdictions are set to raise their minimum wages in 2023.
"As it becomes more and more expensive to get by in America, $15 is no longer an adequate goal. We need to go higher to reflect what it actually costs to live in America."earlier this year, EPI estimated that"a worker in one of the 20 states with a $7.25 minimum wage is 46% more likely to make less than $15 an hour than a worker in the other 30 states or District of Columbia with higher minimum wages.
Sanders said Thursday that with living costs rising across the country, a $15 minimum wage would still be insufficient—a point that supporters of the new legislation echoed.
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