Help Increase the Minimum Wage

Action Alert: Help Increase Minimum Wage  

Raising the minimum wage would make a huge difference in the earning power and financial stability of thousands of working families.  

 Background Information:

The proposal to raise Connecticut’s minimum wage has been modified to address many concerns and voted out of the Labor Committee.

Minimum wage would increase from the current $8.25 by 50 cents in each of the next two years, starting in January 2013, and then be indexed to inflation.      

Click here for a Fact Sheet from the National Employment Law Project showing that:

• The majority of minimum wage workers in Connecticut work for large corporations, not small businesses.
• Many of these chains are paying their top executive millions and making large profits.
• The five largest low-wage employers have an estimated 30,000 workers at 400 locations in Connecticut. 

 Please take action to help raise the minimum wage in Connecticut:  

• Contact your legislator.  Ask them to support HB 5291 An Act Increasing the Minimum Wage, Removing the Minimum Wage Tip Credit, and Increasing Penalties for Failure to Pay the Minimum Wage.