05 April 2006
04.04.06 MI: Carwash Workers Happy - MI Minimum Wage Rises
DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a law raising the minimum wage by $2.25 last week, surprising the Republican State Legislature and raising celebrations among minimum wage workers like carwash employees in the cutthroat Detroit market, a
29 March 2006
03.29.06 MI: Granholm signs the minimum wage hike
Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a higher minimum wage law Tuesday, calling it a victory for workers and a boost to Michigan's economy. The current minimum wage of $5.15 an hour rises to $6.95 on Oct. 1. The hourly base goes to $7.15 in July 2007 and $7.40 i
27 March 2006
03.24.06 MI: Democrats, labor drop minimum wage petition drive
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
22 March 2006
03.21.06 MI: Amount of Minimum Wage Increase Discussed
March 21, 2006, 07:15 AM Exactly how much more money Michigan workers will get under a minimum wage increase could be a question headed for the courts. One set of increases passed by the state legislature that would take effect in October is headed to Gov
20 March 2006
03.15.06 MI: New Minimum Wage Closer To Reality
Get ready for it. The Michigan state minimum wage looks like it's about to jump from 5.15 an hour to 6.95. Both the State House and Senate have now passed the bill. All that remains is for the governor to sign it, and that seems almost a certainty.
17 March 2006
03.15.06 MI: Granholm Expected to Sign Minimum Wage Increase
The Michigan House voted Tuesday to raise the state's minimum wage by $1.80 an hour in October, the first increase in nine years. The legislation now heads to Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who is expected to sign it despite opposition from business owners.
10 March 2006
03.10.06 Michigan: Minimum-wage hike on fast track
Friday, March 10, 2006 LANSING -- Minimum-wage workers in Michigan would get a raise from $5.15 to $6.95 an hour on Oct. 1, under a surprise Republican-backed bill speeding through the Legislature. A standard work week would pay $72 more.
03.09.06 Michigan: State Senate OK's Minimum Wage Increase
March 09, 2006 4:22 PM In a surprise move, the state Senate on Thursday passed an increase in Michigan’s minimum wage, and the House acted swiftly later in the day to position the measure for upcoming approval.
3.10.06 Michigan - GOP Gets Behind Minimum Wage Hike
March 10, 2006 Reaction was mixed after the surprise approval by the GOP-controlled state Senate of a bill to hike Michigan's minimum wage by 35 percent to $6.95 by fall, but some warned it would be a "job killer."
08 March 2006
Michigan: SENATE BILL No. 734
September 6, 2005, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, CLARK-COLEMAN, JACOBS, THOMAS, SCOTT, BRATER and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Michigan: Senate Bill 0734
Sponsors Raymond E Basham - (primary) Irma Clark-Coleman, Gilda Jacobs, Samuel Thomas III, Martha Scott, Liz Brater, Hansen Clarke 2005-2006 session
3.08.06 Michigan - Minimum-wage war flares
As a coalition working to increase Michigan's minimum wage moves toward getting its issue on the November ballot, economists and business officials are red-flagging the effort.
02 March 2006
Union: Wal-Mart taxed Mich. $23M in 2005
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., March 1 (UPI) -- More bad news for Wal-Mart: A Michigan union claims the retailer cost state taxpayers over $23 million in 2005. Michigan's United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 876 said it is spearheading a nationwide
01 March 2006
UFCW Union, Local 876: Wal-Mart's Growing Health Care Crisis Costs Taxpayers Billions
UFCW Union, Local 876: Wal-Mart's Growing Health Care Crisis Costs Taxpayers Billions
27 February 2006
Group wants minimum wage increase on the ballot
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
Minimum wage, maximum effort (Metro Times Detroit)
As of 2004, the last year for which data is available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 16,000 members of Michigan's nearly 2.9 million hourly work force made minimum wage. An additional 74,000 workers were making less than the minimum wage
Wage hike needed - - The Mining Gazette
To the editor: Recent letters in The Daily Mining Gazette against raising the minimum wage inspired me to write this letter. Both Frank Sager of Hancock and Ken Dihle of Dearborn claim raising the minimum wage would eliminate jobs that pay minimum wag
Huron Daily Tribune - News - 02/24/2006 - Minimum wage hike focus of Dems’ town hall meeting
Megan Frounfelter, The Huron Daily Tribune BAD AXE — The Huron County Democratic Party discussed the benefits of increasing Michigan’s minimum wage during a town hall meeting on Thursday. Advertisement A citizen’s group, Michigan Needs a Raise,
23 February 2006
Michigan: Shifting health insurance expense
Michigan could save $100 million a year if it adopted a law similar to one Maryland passed earlier this month that forces Wal-Mart to pay more for its employee health care, proponents of that legislation said.
Michigan: Unions have business over barrel on minimum wage
February 22, 2006 Still getting by on $5.15 an hour? You won’t be for much longer. State Democrats and the labor unions are corralling an obstinate business community into making a decision they’ll be forced to live with for years to come: Do y
State must make health care weasels pay - 02/17/06 - The Detroit News
I t's no secret that America's health care system is broken, and any national solution to this nationwide problem is hopelessly caught in the great legislative traffic jam we call Washington, D.C. But Michigan residents don't have to wait around for help
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