New York is among the states where legislation has been filed to boost minimum wages to $20 or more.
Over the past decade, labor groups held out $15 as the target that would let low-paid workers sustain themselves within the 40-hour workweek.
Yet those gains were almost immediately tempered. Inflation in the United States hit a new 40-year high last summer after prices for basic necessities like gas and food soared. Supply chain issues resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, combined with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have disrupted gas and food supplies, sending those prices skyward.Labor activists are pressing for a new round of wage increases even as the old ones are still being phased in.
In Massachusetts, one bill proposes to raise the wage every year until it hits $20 in 2027, up from $15 now. "You can't tell us that after the pandemic, that $15 is going to still be enough for us to keep food on our tables," said state Sen. Jessica Ramos, a Democrat who represents parts of Queens, said at a rally in Albany. "That's why we want $21.25, nothing less. The price of everything is going up except for wages."
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