{"id":7286,"date":"2026-04-29T00:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7286"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:42:06","slug":"lefty-nj-congresswoman-debuts-federal-25-minimum-wage-bill-a-week-after-winning-special-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7286","title":{"rendered":"Lefty NJ congresswoman debuts federal $25 minimum wage bill a week after winning special election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A national coalition of more than 100 organizations, including teachers unions and lawmakers, is pushing for a federal $25 minimum wage bill.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., and Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., on Tuesday introduced the Living Wage for All Act \u2014 a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25-per-hour and eliminate subminimum wages.<\/p>\n<p>Mejia, a founding member of the Living Wage for All coalition, is pushing the bill as her first legislative action since winning a special election for a New Jersey House seat in a landslide last week, defeating Republican candidate Joe Hathaway.<\/p>\n<p>Mejia ran on a platform that emphasized Medicare for all, a $25 minimum wage, a wealth tax, and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p>The Living Wage for All Coalition is a \u201cnational campaign of more than 100 labor, community, civil rights, and economic justice organizations working together to win a living wage for every worker in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The most notable organizations joining Mejia and Ramirez to support the legislation include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the largest teachers\u2019 union in the U.S., the National Education Association (NEA).<\/p>\n<p>Another organization in the coalition, One Fair Wage, advocates for a higher minimum wage across the country.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Analilia Mejia, D-N.J., is seen before her swearing in ceremony on Monday, April 20, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a worker-led movement that has grown from the groundbreaking Fight for $15 into a nationwide push for a true living wage,\u201d said One Fair Wage president Saru Jayaraman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the country \u2014 from California to the Midwest to the East Coast \u2014 workers are organizing for $25 and $30 because that is what it takes to live,\u201d she said. \u201cThe polling shows this is not just popular, it is necessary. And \u2018for all\u2019 means exactly that: no worker left behind. This is what it looks like when politics begins to catch up to reality \u2014 and when democracy delivers real improvements in people\u2019s lives, it becomes tangible. A living wage is how we make that promise real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minimum wage mandate proposals have already made inroads in other major cities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes of the week on Thursday, March 6, 2025.  <span class=\"credit\">CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A minimum wage mandate has gone as high as $30 in Los Angeles through a bill signed by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, though, planned as a phase-in process with incremental growth until 2030.<\/p>\n<p>On the East Coast, the city council in New York City is weighing a proposal to boost the minimum wage to up to $30, coming after newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s campaign pledge promoting a \u201c$30 by \u201930\u2032\u201d minimum wage message.<\/p>\n<p>One of the members of the Living Wage for All coalition, One Fair Wage, in March launched a ballot initiative in Oakland, California as local officials consider increasing the minimum wage to $30 an hour in partnership with other community organizations, including the United Auto Workers union.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Minimum wage mandate proposals have already made inroads in other major cities. <span class=\"credit\">Andrii Yalanskyi \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Large businesses with over 100 employees that make $1 billion annually would have until 2030 to raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is part of a national movement to raise the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Starting in 2024, One Fair Wage advanced ballot measures to raise wages and \u201cend various subminimum wages\u201d in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona and Massachusetts. 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