RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina lawmakers will consider increasing minimum wage this session after two bills were filed proposing higher wages.
Although the state’s minimum wage hasn’t changed in the last 15 years, the cost of living has, which is why advocates gathered at the General Assembly Tuesday pushing lawmakers to stand behind two proposed bills.
The bills would increase the state’s $7.25 minimum wage for the first time since 2009. At that time, minimum wage increased due to an increase at the federal level.
The Economic Security Act, filed under House Bill 339 and Senate Bill 326, would increase minimum wage to $22 and hour, adjusting annually for inflation. It also eliminates the tipped minimum wage, which is currently $2.13 an hour right now…