06 April 2006
04.06.06 AR: House OKs minimum wage hike; Senate sends funeral protest bill to governor
by aflciopolitical
LITTLE ROCK - Legislation to increase the state's minimum wage easily passed the House on Wednesday, virtually assuring that thousands of Arkansas workers will get a $1.10 an hour raise this fall. House Bill 1033 by Rep. Benny Petrus, D-Stuttgart, passed
31 March 2006
Petition calls for vote on raising state's minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
OKLAHOMA CITY An initiative petition calling for a statewide vote on raising the state's minimum wage has been filed with the secretary of state. The petition by the group Raise Oklahoma calls for raising the minimum wage in Oklahoma from the federal mini
27 March 2006
03.24.06 OH: Minimum-Wage Raise Touted
by aflciopolitical
Boosting the state minimum wage to $6.85 an hour — a proposal likely to appear on the November statewide ballot — would result in raises for 1 in 7 Ohio workers, according to a new study. An estimated 720,000 workers, 58 percent of them women, would b
03.24.06 MI: Democrats, labor drop minimum wage petition drive
by aflciopolitical
Sponsors are pulling the plug on a petition drive to raise Michigan’s minimum wage, as Gov. Jennifer Granholm prepares to sign into law Tuesday an even higher minimum wage than the campaign sought. A campaign to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour
01 March 2006
Henderson State Oracle - Minimum wage increase fires debate
by aflciopolitical
February 27, 2006 by Martha Myrick Discussion in Congress is once again in progress over whether to increase the federal minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.15. GARN (Give Arkansas a Raise Now), the coalition of proponents of a minimum wage increase, has re
27 February 2006
KOTV - The News on 6 - Minimum Wage Bill Clears State Senate Committee
by aflciopolitical
February 27, 2006 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A Senate committee on Monday narrowly approved measures that would allow voters to decide on raising the minimum wage and permitting collective bargaining for municipal employees. The measures now go to the full Sen
Group wants minimum wage increase on the ballot
by aflciopolitical
Holly Doyle, News 3 Reporter February 13, 2006 - 7:22PM (NEWS 3) - Michigan Needs A Raise. That's the name of a group launching an effort to raise the minimum wage in Michigan from $5.15 an hour to $6.85. The goal is getting it on the ballot. All
23 February 2006
Capitol Weekly: Ballot initiative would boost minimum wage while reducing overtime
by aflciopolitical
Thomas Hiltachk filed the "Fair Pay Workplace Flexibility Act of 2006" with the Attorney General on Feb. 10. If it makes it to the ballot and is passed by voters, it would lift the state's minimum wage from the current $6.75 to $7.25 on July 1, 2007, a
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