House Committee Approves $8.50 Minimum Wage Bill
A House panel is supporting legislation to raise the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour after the Senate passed a $9.20 per hour plan.
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A House panel is supporting legislation to raise the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour after the Senate passed a $9.20 per hour plan.
A Republican bill to raise the minimum wage from $7.40 to $9.20 an hour has passed the Michigan Senate.
It's a campaign by unions to bring attention to the plight of low-wage workers and get the public behind the idea of a $15-an-hour wage
The political battle over the effort to raise the minimum wage in Michigan continues between Lansing and proponents of a petition drive.
Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville introduced the bill about three weeks before the deadline for backers of the higher wage hike to file signatures.
A bill brought to the house by Sen. Rick Jones of Grand Ledge, would increase the hourly minimum to $8.15 from $7.40 in December. The minimum for tipped employees – wait staff and bartenders – would rise a dime to $2.75 per hour.
The bill would increase the hourly minimum to $8.15 from $7.40, while the minimum for tipped employees would rise a dime.
President Barack Obama campaigned at the University of Michigan for raising the federal minimum wage, calling the proposal a "no-brainer."
Obama is also using his appearance in Ann Arbor to help boost a Michigan congressman running for the Senate.
It will be Obama's third trip to Ann Arbor since being elected president.
Fast food giant McDonald's has been slapped with several class action lawsuits on behalf of tens of thousands of workers in Michigan, California and New York.
A group has gotten the OK from election officials to collect signatures for a measure to gradually raise Michigan's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.
The "Raise Michigan" campaign has announced a new number for minimum wage: $10.10 an hour.
Increasing the wage would help workers and the economy, said Atkinson.The Raise Michigan coalition is working to raise it to $9.50 an hour.
Supporters of a minimum wage hike in Michigan say they'll ask voters to approve increasing the rate to $9.50 an hour.
Under the proposal, the minimum wage would rise to the "ballpark" of between $9 and $10.10 an hour and be indexed to inflation.
Hundreds of fast-food workers across Michigan are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday as part of a national protest.
Across the nation Friday, protesters came out in support of increasing the minimum wage and they chose Walmart stores as their target.
Of Americans now earning minimum wage, 85 percent are over the age of 20, and more than half are women.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer spelled out details of his plan outside a Detroit business that is already paying its employees more than the going-rate.
The nonprofit advocacy group Michigan League for Public Policy released a study a day later also calling for an increase.
A local McDonald's restaurant was forced to close after its employees walked out and hundreds gathered outside to protest for higher wages.
Note this: The budget includes a seemingly reasonable $600 a month for rent. But it also includes $20 a month for health care, a $150 car payment, and $50 for heat.
Groups are rallying across the state are asking for $15 an hour.
Rally goers outside Russell Street Deli over in Eastern Market in downtown Detroit want to see an increase in minimum wage.
