So that adults can provide a descent living for their family.

The devaluing of labor has created an ever growing population of the working poor. As a society we have established a "poverty line." No employer should be able to so work the system that their employees qualify for public assistance under normal conditions. A minimum wage that is tied to the cost of living is the only answer. The tax dollars saved would dramatically improve this state's ability fund necessary programs, such as schools and infrastructure projects, instead of enriching those individuals or corporations that lobby for keeping the status quo.

As a member of OFA'S Women's Leader Ship Corps and Community Leader Standing with Women, I am starting this petition on behalf of the Women of Nevada impacted the most by low wage salaries who have asked for intervention when it comes to the high cost of child care and other living expenses while working in minimum wage jobs Nevada is famous for. They have indicated making minimum wage salaries hinders them from working and/or looking for work due to the high cost of childcare making it impossible to work under the current minimum wage scale. We need Governor Sandoval to increase the minimum wage to a minimum of $10.10 an hour, then help us establish an affordable Child Care Coop Nevadans can afford while they work and look for work.

If someone is ready, willing and able to work full time, they should be able to support themselves , their family and be able to save for the future without assistance from the State. We deserve an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected.

We deserve an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Join with me in calling on our state Senate to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage to $12.” (or higher!)

Texas' current minimum wage is $7.25. that's not enough to live on. join me in calling on our state legislature to raise it to at least $10.00. A rising tide raises all boats.

Allowing people to earn a living wage!

Allowing people to earn a living wage!

The United States has become a de facto plutocracy/oligarchy and that plutocracy/oligarchy is contemptible. Hate it. Demand it be fixed now. *http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/12/01/3007011/minimum-wage-percent-leave-workers/ **http://robertreich.org/post/45333866908 and Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index inflation calculator.

Arkansas needs to set an example to the nation of caring about its hardworking citizens. It is time to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour. I and many others are unable to make ends meet on the current and very outdated wage scale. Time to make Arkansas a better place to work and live!

The current minimum wage in Texas makes for an economically unsustainable situation for the People of Texas.

I started this petition because I'm a witness to the extreme rate of homelessness in Eugene, Oregon. Me and the wife just got off the streets. I'm an injured worker and she has a part time teaching job. We are barely making it. A single person needs to earn $30k per annum just to make it here in Oregon.