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2006
the adventures of heathcliff
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After Protests, Backlash Grows
by jasontromm
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While a series of marches focused much of the nation's attention on the plight of illegal immigrants, scores of other Americans quietly seethed. Now, with the same full-throated cry expressed by those in the country illegally, they are shouting back.
Congressional leaders in Washington have gotten bricks in the mail from a group that advocates building a border fence, states in the West and South have drawn up tough anti-immigrant laws, and ordinary citizens, such as Janis McDonald of Pennsylvania, who considers herself a liberal, are not mincing words in expressing their displeasure.
Man Confesses to Murdering Six Relatives
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A young man has confessed to the gruesome bludgeoning and strangling murders of his grandmother and five other relatives in a tiny town in Pennsylvania's Amish country, police said Thursday.
04.12.06 PA: Philadelphia Business Journal: Pa. should follow other states on minimum wage, legislator says - 2006-04-12
by aflciopolitical
The House approve the measure April 5 -- which would push the states's wage to $6.25 per hour on July 1 and to $7.15 per hour on July 1, 2007 -- April 5. Cohen urged the state Senate to act soon on the measure, which Gov. Ed Rendell has pledged to support
04.11.06 PA/WV: Minimum Wage Developments in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
by aflciopolitical
In Pennsylvania , House Bill (HB) 257, which would increase the minimum wage in two phases, was approved by the state's House on April 5. It would raise the minimum wage from its current rate of $5.15 to $6.25 on July 1, 2006 and to $7.15 on July 1, 2007
Working Families and Community Allies in Pittsburgh Launch 'Fair Share Health Care' Bill at AFL-CIO Convention: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
by aflciopolitical
PITTSBURGH, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care costs and the number of uninsured working people continue to soar, large, profitable companies like Wal-Mart exacerbate the health care crisis in Pennsylvania by shirking their health care responsibilitie
04.04.06 PA: Reps Manderino and Taylor introduce "fair share" health care bill
by aflciopolitical
Taylor and Manderino Announce PA Health Care Accessibility and Insurance Responsibility (PHAIR) Act Rep. John Taylor (R-Philadelphia) and Rep. Kathy Manderino (D-Philadelphia) announced legislation to ensure that working Pennsylvanians employed by larg
04.03.06 PA: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Expected To Introduce 'Wal-Mart' Bill Next Week
by aflciopolitical
Pennsylvania state Reps. Kathy Manderino (D) and John Taylor (R) next week are expected to introduce a "fair-share health care bill," modeled after Maryland's law, that would require large employers to spend a certain amount of payroll on health benefits,
04.06.06 PA: House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
House OKs raising Pa. minimum wage The $2 hike would bring the rate to $7.15 an hour by July 2007. The Senate backs a smaller pay increase. By Martha Raffaele Associated Press HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's minimum wage would rise $2 an hour by July 1, 2007
03.27.06 PA: Pa. proposal targets Wal-Mart
by aflciopolitical
Unions and big business are expected to battle over whether the state can tell large employers how much money they should spend on health care insurance for their workers. A so-called "fair-share health care bill" is expected to be introduced in the state
03.27.06 PA: Halfway on wage is not enough
by aflciopolitical
As we wrote in January, a full-time worker making the federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, unchanged since 1997, earns $206 per 40-hour week and $10,712 per year. Those who support a child, a spouse or a parent while on minimum wage fall more than $2
03.21.06 PA: Minimum-wage bill likely to pass in Pa.
by aflciopolitical
But the increase will be about half what Rendell proposed, going to $6.25. Will he approve it? By Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG - The GOP-controlled legislature appears likely to approve legislation to raise the minimum wage this year, but the inc
03.17.06 PA: Lawmakers appear ready to raise minimum wage
by aflciopolitical
HARRISBURG | The state Legislature appears willing to act on boosting the minimum wage by more than a dollar to $6.25 an hour. That's less than the $7.15 sought by Gov. Ed Rendell and his Democratic colleagues, but more than many thought the Republica
Wal-Mart, other large employers need to pay their fair share of health-care costs : The Morning Call Online
by aflciopolitical
March 6, 2006 Editorial in favor of fair share
