September 24, 2024
Elected Officials
by Alex Lloyd Gross March 29,2023 Imagine working for a company that is doing well. Your meager pay has stayed the same since 2009. Upper management, who decide your pay think you don’t need one. Yet these people are the highest paid in your industry , anywhere in the United States. Welcome to Pennsylvania. The…
Read More about State Rep Patty Kim and Rep Jason Dawkins Push Minimum Wage Issue
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Dec 20, 2021 Pennsylvania Republican Representative Jim Cox could not care any less about PA workers, according to many workers themselves and proponents to raise the state minimum wage. Jim Cox is the chair of the Labor and Industry Committee and he, along with every lawmaker in PA gets a cost…
Read More about PA Workers Get Nothing As Lawmakers Get A $5000 Raise.
Elected Officials
by Alex Lloyd Gross The minimum wage increase is dead for now. Several of those responsible for keeping working people poor are Senators Chris Coons, who flat out lied to the media on May18 2019 when asked about the minimum wage. “I think it should go up, I am in favor of it going up …
Read More about Millionaire Delaware Senator Hurts Working Class By Killing Min Wage Bill
Elected Officials
by Alex Lloyd Gross The push to raise the Federal Minimum Wage is put into second gear. A dividing line between democrats and republicanst is never going to pass with such a divisive senate. This cause is supported by Vermont democrat Bernie Sanders. Through budget reconciliation, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote …
Read More about Senators Fight To Push Min Wage Increase, Local Senator Objects
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by Alex Lloyd Gross It should make your blood boil. As billion dollar companies get richer, they rely on front line employees to actually make them money. Those same employees that risk their health to make the company money, are living in poverty. They are on food stamps, public health care and other public assistance….
Read More about GAO Reports Many Workers At Large Corporations Are On Public Assistance
Elected Officials
By Alex Lloyd Gross Hundreds of people were late for appointments today, January 20, 2020. The reason they were late can be placed squarely on Speaker Of the House Mike Turzai and Rep Jim Cox who have done nothing to raise the state minimum wage past $7.25/hr. They have had opportunities and they squandered it….
Read More about For MLK Day Of Service, Hundreds Gather For March To Raise Wages
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Several Elected officials in lower Bucks County paid a visit to Exact Solar in Newtown Township to discuss the minimum wage. That issue has been a political hot button and it appears that most of the republican opposition has softened their stance on keeping the minimum wage at $7.25 /hr.. Just…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross As 2019 is ready to show up on calendar, a pay raise in in store for a lot of workers in the region. If you work in Pennsylvania, sorry, this does not apply to you. The state legislature will not even discuss it, yet along take a vote on it. The…
Read More about In 2019 workers in all states bordering PA get raises, as Pa workers get nothing