INC NEWS - Minimum Wage need your help

[Rev. Melvin Whitley]

NORTH CAROLINIANS FOR FAIR WAGES ALERT! 
 
The NC Legislature is on the verge of ending session and the minimum wage has not been passed into law!
 
Click HERE to let your legislators know they must not leave town without passing a $1 raise in the minimum wage!  They need to hear from you now!
 
Pass this on to everyone you know and ask them to contact their legislators as well.
 
Background:
 
The NC Senate has threatened to end the legislative session without passing an increase in the minimum wage!   Both the House and Senate have passed their own bills that would increase the minimum wage BUT IT IS NOT YET THE LAW.  We cannot let this happen.   Let your legislators know they must raise North Carolina's minimum wage by at least $1 by passing House Bill 2174 as soon as possible.

The NC House passed House Bill 2174, which would raise North Carolina's minimum wage by $1 per hour.  The Senate included a $1 increase in their budget proposal.  This means they have passed different bills and they used different language.  The House and Senate must agree to the same bill for the increase to become the law.

NOW the Senate is threatening to leave town at the end of this week without passing the minimum wage increase!  After weeks of intense budget negotiations, the minimum wage increase is NOT IN THE FINAL BUDGET and the Senate has not scheduled HB 2174 for a hearing and vote.  

THE BILL LANGUAGE MATTERS: The Senate's proposed minimum wage increase would delink North Carolina's minimum wage statute from the federal minimum wage law.  This would mean that if the US Congress ever does raise the federal minimum wage, North Carolina's minimum would not go up.  House Bill 2174, the House version of the minimum wage increase, would make NC's minimum wage $6.15 per hour (a $1 increase from the current $5.15) or the federal minimum wage whichever is greater.  HB 2174 IS THE LANGUAGE WE WANT!  

Click HERE to let your legislators know they must not leave town without passing a $1 raise in the minimum wage!

Your Servant
Rev. Melvin Whitley
2614 Harvard Ave
Durham NC  27703
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