Petition effort launched in Nebraska to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026
Source: Omaha World Herald
A petition drive was announced Monday that would let Nebraska voters decide whether the state's minimum wage should incrementally increase from $9 to $15 an hour by 2026.
Raise the Wage Nebraska, comprised of a long list of organizations and two Democrats in the Nebraska Legislature, launched the effort to get the issue on the ballot in 2022.
Gradually increasing the minimum wage in Nebraska, they argue, will help middle- and working-class people and start to close racial and gender pay gaps.
“The context in which all of that sits is an economic reality where things are getting much more expensive, and wages are staying stagnant," said Ken Smith, Nebraska Appleseed’s economic justice director. "The cost of housing and childcare and food are all going up, but people aren’t taking home any more money than they were in years past.”
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Even in a red state like Nebraska there is some hope. It would also end the tipped wage minimum of $2.13 an hour!
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Here in PA, we are still at the federal one - $7.25. 
