Green joins SEIU to rally for an increased minimum wage
Rep. Roni Green May 6, 2025 | 11:49 AM
HARRISBURG, May 6 – State Rep. Roni Green, D-Phila., yesterday rallied with SEIU workers and advocates to call on the legislature to raise the minimum wage in Pennsylvania.
The last minimum wage increase in the state was in 2009, when the minimum wage was raised to $7.25 an hour. Since then, there has been no increase in the minimum wage. Every state that surrounds Pennsylvania, however, has implemented a higher wage than the commonwealth.
“There is overwhelming public support for raising the minimum wage in our commonwealth,” Green said. “The most important thing to me is supporting our working people – giving them the resources that they need in order to thrive – and how do we expect them to thrive, when they are fighting to survive? We are not asking for anything crazy here – we are asking for the people who are already working full-time jobs to have enough money to have a roof over their heads, food on the table, and security. Our communities deserve better from their state.”
According to Green, more than 1.3 million Pennsylvanians would benefit from an increase in the minimum wage, with more than half of them between the ages of 20 and 39.
Green’s legislation would increase the minimum wage to $15, accounting for a cost-of-living adjustment for workers beginning in 2027, and each year thereafter on Jan. 1. The cost-of-living adjustment would be calculated by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. The legislation also would allow municipalities the ability to set their own higher minimum wage.