ND HCR3027

Urges Congress to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour by 2018 through three annual steps of ninety-five cents.

States that the federal minimum wage would exceed $10.50 if adjusted for inflation since 1968 and would exceed $18 if adjusted for worker productivity gains.

Notes that a full-time minimum wage worker raising two children earns $15,080 annually, which is $4,000 below the poverty line for a family of three.

Cites Congressional Budget Office analysis showing a 15 percent increase in workforce wages would lift approximately 900,000 people out of poverty and generate $22 billion in economic activity.

Directs the Secretary of State to forward copies of the resolution to each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.