Lancaster Online: Charlie Crystle: Poverty-wage employers place burden on employees, society
Op-Ed By Charlie Crystle
Lancaster Online/LNP, March 13, 2016
Monday was an important day for Pennsylvania: Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for state workers and state contractors’ workers to $10.15 per hour from $7.35 per hour. I was honored to attend the signing ceremony on behalf of thousands of business owners who believe employers should not pay poverty wages.
The move will improve the lives of 435 state employees immediately and substantially, as well as the employees of state contractors who get new state contracts. Unfortunately the order does not apply...