Yep, we had a new minimum wage. Here's the info: http://www.workerjustice.org/city__of__madison__minimum__wage.htm
But, it got trumped by a state wage this summer. http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/er/discrimination_civil_rights/equal_rights_division/pdf_files/press_release_minimum_wage.pdf http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/er/discrimination_civil_rights/equal_rights_division/pdf_files/272_erule.pdf The state wage is significantly lower than the city wage was to be, and there's no provision for incremental increases like there was in the city version. Of course, the debate is now about state control vs city rights. The argument by those that support state-mandated things is that when the city does it, people just leave the city. It's harder to leave the state. We're experiencing the same thing with the smoke-free workplace laws right now. Madison is geographically weird. There are other townships within the city limits. So, for instance, I can walk a few blocks from my house and the street signs change from green to blue and the sidewalks go away and I'm in the the Town of Blooming Grove, where I can sit in a bar or restaurant and smoke a cigarette and 911 service brings me the county sheriff. Then, I can walk a few more blocks and voila! I'm back in Madison. There are multiple versions of this - Town of Madison, Town of Blooming Grove, Village of Maple Bluff, Village of Shorewood - all within city limits. So, there are great fights because none of these towns and villages are affected negatively by the ordinances that the city of Madison passes. On 9/26/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on the average about 50 cents more if the proposed law in Albuquerque is > passed, I understand. Note: the proposed law does not mandate the PhD, > just > $7.50 an hour. > I guess another way to measure the effectiveness of such a measure is to > verify that demand for governement services has in fact gone down in Santa > Fe as claimed. I notice that Madison is also supposed to have passed such > a > law, any comment from up there? > > Dana > > On 9/26/05, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/26/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Again, my solution to poverty AND a 1000 other problems is to beef up > > > our educational system and change our job market entry points. > > > > Assume everyone in the nation now has a Graduate degree - who works > > the drive-through at Burger King and what do they get paid? > > > > So we should pay them all a "living wage" since they are educated > > folks and all and deserve to feed their families... Now how much does > > a whopper cost? > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175123 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
