Lawmakers, workers plan to keep pushing for Pa. to raise the minimum wage

“This year marked 20 years — 20 years — since Pennsylvania last raised its minimum wage,” Tartaglione told the chamber. Legislative effortsTartaglione was sworn in as a state senator in 1995 and introduced her first minimum wage legislation that year. Tartaglione called the minimum wage a “moral issue,” emphasizing the economic benefits of ensuring working-class constituents have a stable, living income. Tartaglione urged Republicans to vote on minimum wage legislation for the sake of Pennsylvania workers. “Raising the minimum wage doesn’t make it a livable wage.”