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Educators and advocates push to raise Massachusetts minimum wage to $20
Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development · November 17, 2025
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Summary
Supporters including the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Rep. Gentile urged the committee to back H2107/S1349 to raise the statewide minimum wage to $20 by 2029, extend coverage to municipal workers and index it to inflation.
Supporters of raising Massachusetts’ minimum wage told the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development on Nov. 17 that the state should gradually increase the minimum to $20 an hour by 2029 and index future increases to inflation.
Representative (Rep.) Gentile, who filed the bill in the House, said the proposal…
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