For the last three years, Massachusetts has seen a $1 per year increase in the minimum wage. Today it stands at $11 per hour, and lawmakers are considering bills to increase the minimum wage again.
To spur this decision on, professional economists in Massachusetts recently signed a letter supporting wage increases by $1 for the next four years, bringing the minimum wage to $15 by 2021.
The minimum wage in Massachusetts has been $11 per hour since January. According to the Boston Globe, the $11 wage was the highest in the country when it was proposed in 2014.
However, state lawmakers are feeling pressure to increase the wage to $15 by 2021, in response to inflation and the state’s relatively high cost of living.
Julia Xia ’19Contributing Writer The Pioneer Valley Workers Center, Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, Northampton community members and the Raise Up Mass Coalition rallied outside the…