The minimum wage is a women's issue. Two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women — and women are also about two-thirds of tipped workers, for whom the federal minimum cash wage is just $2.13 an hour. Women of color are even more disproportionately represented among minimum wage workers. Join individuals across the country in a petition telling Congress to raise the minimum wage.
The minimum wage is a women's issue. Two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women — and women are also about two-thirds of tipped workers, for whom the federal minimum cash wage is just $2.13 an hour. Women of color are even more disproportionately represented among minimum wage workers.
Raising the minimum wage is a key step toward fair pay for women. Right now a woman working full time at the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour earns about $14,500 a year — nearly $4000 below the poverty line for a family of three. It's been four years since the federal minimum wage went up, and more than twenty years since the minimum cash wage for tipped workers went up. We think it's past time for minimum wage workers to get a raise and urge both the Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013 (H.R. 1010/S. 460).
Join individuals across the country in a petition telling Congress to raise the minimum wage.