Delaware legislators on Tuesday introduced a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage from $9.25 to $15 by 2025. Last raised in 2019, Delaware’s minimum wage currently sits $2 above the federal mark. The bill would raise the wage to $10.50 per hour in 2022, followed by $11.75 in 2023, $13.25 in 2024 and $15 in 2025. The measure has support from all 14 Senate Democrats, with 18 of the 26 House Democrats listed as co-sponsors. It needs 11 votes in the Senate and 21 in the House. Gov. John Carney is in favor of it.
- Didn’t both Carper and Coons vote against it on the federal level? — Jeff Grzeszczak
- Yes, that is how we know it would be a good thing to fight for.— Beth Gallagher
- So what is a good wage? Why not $20? Can’t buy that new truck on $20, so why not $35? — Jeff Grzeszczak
- Walk into a store now and just about everything is touchscreen or self-checkout. Yeah, go ahead and see what happens with $15 an hour. Slip into a fast-food joint for a quick bite and they can’t even get that right, but want $15 an hour. — Rusty Larimore
- All the angry reactions? Older people who realized that screaming at the teenager working the drive-thru who forgot the straws won’t be as satisfying anymore, now that they have a little financial security. — Pete Schonert
- I stopped expecting competence as soon as I realized how little people were earning, if you even want to call it earning. — Patricia Marie Diienno
