Tag: living wage
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A “Living Wage” Lives On
Though a Senate committee approved a bill (3-2 on party lines, no need to say which is which) to limit “living wage” laws in Wisconsin– a mean-spirited bill aimed at preventing Milwaukee County from approving a new living wage ordinance–it appears that, according to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald today, there is not enough support in the Republican-controlled Senate for mean-spiritedness […]
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Cesar Chavez, a Living Wage and Bipartisan Tax/Debt Pandering
(By USGov-DOL (USGov-DOL) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) Two apparently radical, left-wing proposals were discussed in Madison last week, one of which is supported, sort of, by our Republican governor and one which is opposed by Milwaukee County’s Democratic County Executive. And what Democratic candidate Mary Burke says she supports are right-wing budget ideas of prioritizing paying down debt and giving much of […]
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Milwaukee County should join 140 other enlightened communities and pay a living wage
Milwaukee County supervisors, led by David Bowen, have put forth a “living wage” ordinance for county workers and the employees of certain county contractors and developers that would mandate a reasonable living wage of $12.45 an hour for some 8,000 working people in the Milwaukee area. This modest proposal has been rejected by County Executive Chris Abele […]
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