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Do Republicans Threaten Minimum Wage? Union Chief Trumka Revs Up Time-Honored Issue
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyHere we go again. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, a strong ally of the Democratic majority in Congress, is questioning whether Republican candidates want to roll back or even repeal the federal minimum wage. "All of these candidates are saying, 'Do away with the minimum wage, do away with regulations,' and they are getting massive amounts of money from the Republican Party, so you have to say that the Republican Party agrees with those," Trumka said in a conversation with reporters Tuesday, according to the New York Times. Real or perceived threats to the minimum wage are dredged up in ...
Joe Miller, Alaska Senate Candidate, Wants to End Federal Minimum Wage Law
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJoe Miller, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alaska, has repeatedly said he wants to shrink the federal government, and in an interview with ABC News he makes clear how far he's willing to go, calling for an end to the federal minimum wage law. Miller argued that that the 1938 law codifying a minimum wage "is not within the scope of the powers that are given to the federal government." Setting such a wage is "clearly up to the states," said Miller, a Tea Party favorite in the midterm election. "The state of Alaska has a minimum wage which is higher than the federal level because our ...
Linda McMahon Won't Rule Out Lowering the Minimum Wage
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyLinda McMahon, the Republican candidate for Senate in Connecticut, suggested Thursday that lawmakers "ought to review" the federal minimum wage, but also admitted that she didn't know what the current pay rate is. At a news conference in East Hartford, the pro wrestling mogul did not rule out lowering the minimum wage, saying Congress "should get input from our business community" to see if they can afford the current rate. "What I think what we have to look at whenever we're talking about minimum wage increases is where is our economy is at this particular point, and how's that going to ...
Opinion: When Two 'Rights' Make a Wrong
By Charles Redner - AOL News(July 26) -- Can two "rights" make a wrong? When President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990, it probably wasn't apparent that the law prohibiting discrimination against some 43 million Americans who have a physical or mental disability would clash with minimum wage laws. However unintentional, it does. Jack Scholnick, a Rio Rico, Ariz., resident and father of a daughter born with Down syndrome was angry -- angry enough to begin writing another newspaper op-ed. Jack is a tyrant when it comes to advocacy for the disabled. What had his blood boiling ...
Judge Denies Schwarzenegger Plan to Cut State Workers' Pay to Minimum Wage
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA California judge has temporarily rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to reduce some state workers' pay to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed, refusing to force the official in charge of paychecks to comply with the order. State Controller John Chiang, who controls California's checkbook, had said he would defy Schwarzenegger's order to cut the pay of nearly 200,000 state employees to $7.25 an hour for the month of July. The administration sued to obtain a temporary restraining order to require Chiang to make the pay cuts, but the judge denied it Friday, The ...
Schwarzenegger Cuts State Workers' Pay to Minimum Wage
By not in system - AOL NewsA California appeals court Friday upheld Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to reduce some state workers' pay to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed, but the official in charge of paychecks said he won't comply with the order. ...
Schwarzenegger Cuts California State Workers' Pay to Minimum Wage
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA California appeals court Friday upheld Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to reduce some state workers' pay to the federal minimum wage until a budget is passed, but the official in charge of paychecks said he won't comply with the order. The ruling by the 3rd District Court of Appeals comes a day after the governor ordered the pay of nearly 200,000 state employees to be reduced to $7.25 an hour for the month of July, The Los Angeles Times reported. The court said the governor has "the authority to direct the Controller to defer salary payments...due to a budget impasse." State ...
Calif. to Pay State Workers Minimum Wage, But Who Can Live on $15,080 a Year?
By David Knowles - AOL NewsTimes in the Golden State are tough, and they just got tougher for 240,000 state workers. An appellate court today approved California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to slash pay for state workers to just $7.25 an hour. Assuming a 40-hour work week, a full year of working at $7.25 would mean an annual salary of $15,080. That's less than $5,000 above what the U.S. Census Bureau deems to be the poverty threshold. California faces a $19 billion budget gap and is attempting to cut costs where it can. ...
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