Chicago Mayor Vetoes Big-Store Minimum Wage
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The veto was praised by business leaders but condemned by labor groups and the cityÂs aldermen who had pressed for the ordinance.
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The Chicago mayor flexed his muscle with his veto of the controversial  measure, but his fight with the city council showed that he may  actually be vulnerable in next year's election
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WASHINGTON -- The Senate cleared the way for an increase in the minimum wage Tuesday, but only with business tax breaks that House Democrats want removed.
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By HAYNES  Did Rep. Pedro Coln (D-Milwaukee) misplay his hand at the expense of Milwaukee taxpayers?  That's what some critics argue after the Joint Finance Committee recently turned aside an attempt to close a loophole in the funding plan for the city's voucher schools.
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Nomey Druskin, manager of the Rainbow Hair Designers at the White Flint Mall, employs six shampooers. Mostly Hispanic immigrants, they are paid at the low end of the wage scale. Druskin should be particularly interested in the Democrats' intention to raise the minimum wage when they take over Congress, right?...
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill on Friday that would have required  retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  to prepare  reports for local officials on the effect of proposed  superstores on existing retailers in the same market.
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Congress won't give you one--the federal minimum wage is still $5.15. Although 22 states require employers to pay more (and six more may do so in November), activists in Chicago and elsewhere are pressing for a "living wage" to help the working poor.
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How much should big-box store workers get paid? The city said $10 an hour. The chain said, "Too much"
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Â· Warders ignore ruling that strike is illegalÂ· More public sector pay rows predicted
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CHICAGO, Sept. 11 -- Mayor Richard M. Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers higher wages after some of the nation's largest store operators warned that the measure would keep them from operating a business within the city limits.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today invoked a rarely used power not to enforce a law he deems illegal, saying he would ignore an electronic recycling bill passed by the City Council, even if his veto is overridden.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have required utilities to prepare long-range plans to meet their customers' power needs, a change that supporters said would keep electricity prices from skyrocketing.
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Brushing aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has doled out pay increases to those who work for him, despite a hiring freeze.
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Handing New York workers their first boost in the minimum wage since 1997, the state Senate yesterday overrode Gov. George Pataki&#39;s veto of a bill that will increase the wage by $2 over the next two years.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, but added small-business tax breaks that are unacceptable to House leaders, preventing Democrats from claiming a quick victory on one of their top legislative priorities.
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The city&#39;s mayor says about four-thousand unionized maids, bellhops, cooks and other hourly wage earners will return to their jobs Tuesday following an eight-week lockout.