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Push to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour underway
A statewide push to raise the minimum wage in Nebraska to $15 dollars an hour by 2026 went virtual today with one lawmaker and one struggling worker taking the stage.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021, 4:52 PM CST
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A STATEWIDE PUSH TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN NEBRASKA TO $15 DOLLARS AN HOUR BY 2026 WENT VIRTUAL TODAY WITH ONE LAWMAKER AND ONE STRUGGLING WORKER TAKING THE STAGE.
HANNAH ROBINSON, A WOMAN who once worked 60 HOURS A WEEK AT THE CURRENT STATE MINIMUM OF NINE DOLLARS AN HOUR, SAYS HER SITUATION LED TO BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS.
[sEE COMMENTS ABOVE FROM hANNAH ROBINSON AND sTATE sEN. TERRELL MCKINNEY]
NEBRASKA LAST RAISED THE MINIMUM WAGE IN 2020.
ACCORDING TO THOSE PUSHING FOR THAT $6 AN HOUR HIKE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, MANY OF NEBRASKA'S PANDEMIC ESSENTIAL WORKERS STILL MAKE THAT $9 AN HOUR MINIMUM.
A PETITION DRIVE IS NOW UNDERWAY TO TAKE THE ISSUE TO THE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2022.